The Joplin Plan: An Evaluation

1964 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Joplin Plan

The Joplin Plan and Traditional Reading Groups

1964 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy M. Carson ◽  
Jack M. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Reading Groups ◽  
Joplin Plan

The Joplin Plan: The Teachers' Viewpoints

1966 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 230-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Cushenbery
Keyword(s):  
Reading Level ◽  
Intermediate Grade ◽  
Joplin Plan

The Joplin, Missouri plan of grouping intermediate grade children into reading level classes is generally approved by Joplin teachers, since pupils are placed at a level where they can succeed. Teachers anticipating the use of the plan should investigate both the advantages and limitations of it.

The Joplin plan of reading vs. a traditional method.

1960 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmer F. Morgan ◽  
Gerald R. Stucker
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Method ◽  
Joplin Plan

Arithmetic achievement and instructional grouping

1963 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
O. L. Davis ◽  
Neal H. Tracy
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Ability Grouping ◽  
Ability Level ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Grouping Method ◽  
Instructional Grouping ◽  
Joplin Plan

In recent years, interest has increased in various ability grouping procedures. One widely discussed grouping method has been the “Joplin Plan,” developed in the Joplin, Missouri, elementary schools and originally used to group children for reading instruction by their ability level, disregarding their assigned grade level (Floyd, 1954). The plan apparently has been popular for reading instruction and has been extended to other curricular areas including arithmetic. One modification of the Joplin Plan in some schools is that children are grouped by ability within, but not across, grade levels.

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