Sentences with phrase «rather homogeneous group»

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«Groups» are regarded as static, distinct, and homogeneous units rather than as dynamic and interacting ones.

By insisting on larger, more homogeneous patient groups and longitudinal rather than cross-sectional studies, the field is poised to fulfill its ultimate role of linking defects in molecular biology to aberrant behavior.

After all, teaching a homogeneous group requires a teacher to hit one large target rather than many small ones.

For students of lesser ability, being included in a heterogeneous group rather than pigeonholed into a homogeneous group reduces their risk of being stigmatized.

At any point over at least the last 50 years, a synthesis of available empirical evidence would have suggested, quite unambiguously, that students having difficulty at school, especially those disadvantaged by their socioeconomic backgrounds, learn more when they are working in heterogeneous rather than in homogeneous ability groups (e.g., Oakes, 1985; Yonezawa, Wells, and Serna, 2002).

First, those who enter trials of home visitation are not a homogeneous population experiencing a common set of problems; rather, they are a heterogeneous group experiencing a wide range of issues and difficulties.