However, Columbia University's Katherine W. Phillips and others mentioned in the HBR story on women directors point out that while diverse boards that are not properly managed may «create distrust and dissatisfaction,» homogeneous groups don't come to any better solutions.
Not exact matches
The estimates for the 7 studies reporting exclusive feeding were more
homogeneous (χ2 = 8, P = 0.23) than were the estimates from all 17 studies; the overall mean difference in total cholesterol from the 7 studies reporting exclusive feeding was stronger (mean difference: − 0.15 mmol / L; 95 % CI: 0.23, − 0.06 mmol / L; Figure 3) than that in the remaining 10 studies (14 388 subjects) that
did not report exclusive feeding (mean difference: − 0.01 mmol / L; 95 % CI: − 0.06, 0.03 mmol / L; χ2 = 14, P = 0.12; test for difference between
groups, P = 0.005).
A meta - analysis comparing small -
group work to individual work in K - 12 and college classrooms also found that students working in small
groups achieved significantly more than students working individually, and optimal
groups for learning tended to be three - to four - member teams with lower - ability students working best in mixed
groups and medium - ability students
doing best in
homogeneous groups.
Teacher modeling is one effective method (i.e. the teacher shows how collaboration is
done), while avoiding
homogeneous groups and
grouping by ability, fostering individual accountability by assigning different roles, and evaluating both the student and the
group performance also support collaborative learning.
Does homogeneous grouping of students enable the largest number to experience the most learning success?
Also, it is suggested that one determine if the activity should be
done in cooperative learning
groups, and if it is, then the number of students in each
group and whether they should be heterogeneous or
homogeneous.
Of course it would be foolish to judge self - published authors by the efforts of other individuals that together
do not form a
homogeneous group at all.