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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1989
This information sheet, based on "Flexible Pacing for Able Learners" by Neil Daniel and June Cox, defines flexible pacing as any program in which students are taught material that is appropriately challenging for their ability and allows them to move forward in the curriculum as they master content and skill. The document outlines…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum Design
Sumner, Deborah, Ed. – 1993
This resource book contains a variety of information on multiage practice, and instruction in mixed-age and grade-level classrooms. The first two parts of the book contain 24 reprinted articles: (1) "Ready To Learn: A Seven-Step Strategy"; (2) "On Tracking and Individual Differences: A Conversation with Jeannie Oakes"; (3)…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning
Grant, Jim; Johnson, Bob – 1994
Recognizing that children are individuals with different needs, backgrounds, learning styles, and personalities, this book provides information on elements of a successful multiage, continuous progress classroom at the primary level. Following an introduction to the concept of multiage, continuous progress practices, the book discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Fogarty, Robin, Ed. – 1993
Noting that the recent call for holistic models of schooling dictates a thorough investigation of more natural groupings of students, this collection of articles reviews available literature on multiage, nongraded, continuous progress classrooms. Divided into six sections, the chapters explore the overriding concerns and the pros and cons of such…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Classroom Environment
Synthesis, 1992
This newsletter examines the continuous progress (CP) curriculum, the primary characteristic of which is flexible pacing for the student. The newsletter notes some of the practical concerns limiting implementation of CP curricula, and how some schools have overcome them. It then discusses four issues that schools must address to employ a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
