- Adam Gamoran
Adam Gamoran is a
professor ofSociology and Educational Policy Studies at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison and the director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. He obtained hisPh.D. in Sociology of Education from theUniversity of Chicago in 1984.Bibliography
;Key References:
*Gamoran, A. (1987). The stratification of high school learning opportunities. "Sociology of Education", 60, 135-155.
*Gamoran, A., and Mare, R. D. (1989). Secondary school tracking and educational inequality: Compensation, reinforcement, or neutrality? "American Journal of Sociology", 94, 1146-1183.
*Gamoran, A. (1992). The variable effects of high school tracking. "American Sociological Review", 57, 812-828.
*Gamoran, A., Nystrand, M., Berends, M., and Lepore, P. C. (1995). An organizational analysis of the effects of ability grouping. "American Educational Research Journal", 32, 687-713.
*Gamoran, A., and Hannigan, E. (2000). Algebra for everyone? Benefits of college preparatory mathematics for students with diverse abilities in early secondary school. "Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis", 22, 241-254.
*Gamoran, A., Anderson, C. W., Quiroz, P. A., Secada, W. G., Williams, T., and Ashmann, S. (2003). "Transforming teaching in math and science: How schools and districts can support change". New York: Teachers College Press.
*Shavit, Y., Arum, R. T., and Gamoran, A., with Menahem, G., Editors. (2007). "Stratification in higher education: A comparative study". Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
*Gamoran, A., Editor. (2007). "Standards-based reform and the poverty g
External links
* [http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/people/staff.php?sid=413 Gamoran at the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research]
*http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/faculty/show-person.php?person_id=17
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