Editing Ability grouping (section)

==Application to high-ability students==
Rogers (2002) identifies the following as the most frequent forms of grouping for [[Gifted education|high-ability]] students:<ref>Rogers, Karen B, Ph.D., Re-forming Gifted Education (Great Potential Press, Scottsdale, AZ, 2002), p.&nbsp;209.</ref>
* Whole class strategies:
** Full-time ability classes or [[Tracking (education)|tracks]].  These include special schools for the gifted, full-time gifted programs or classes, and the school-within-a-school approach.
** Untracked whole class instruction, the most common whole-class approach when others on this list are not utilized.
* Small group strategies:
** [[Gifted Pull-out|Gifted pull-outs]]
** [[Cluster grouping]]
** Subject-based ability grouping
** Within-class ability grouping
** Like-ability cooperative grouping
** Cross-grade grouping by achievement level
** Peer-tutoring [[Dyad pedagogy|dyads]]
** Mixed-ability cooperative grouping, the most small common group approach when others on this list are not utilized