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Miller, Bruce A. – School Administrator, 1996
State mandates in Kentucky, Oregon, Mississippi, and Tennessee have raised questions concerning multiage grouping's viability. Some educators are implementing multiage classrooms and schools with insufficient forethought, planning, and stakeholder participation. A recent study underlines the importance of teacher readiness, parental involvement,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Misconceptions, Mixed Age Grouping, Parent School Relationship
Peer reviewedLolli, Elizabeth Monce – ERS Spectrum, 1997
A former principal of a nongraded elementary school discusses the nongraded, multiage philosophy, effects of multiage grouping, prevalent misconceptions, and suggestions from practice. Critics often mistakenly characterize multiage classrooms as homogeneous, unstructured, and team-taught; appropriate for kindergarten and primary children only;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
Moss, Sherrie; Fuller, Millie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Two teacher participants in a Georgia multi-age project offer principles for effective middle-school practice. Teachers should include kinesthetic activities and the arts; believe in every student's learning potential; make learning fun and engaging; use interdisciplinary and thematic approaches; assess their progress; and create learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Interdisciplinary Approach, Middle Schools, Mixed Age Grouping
Download full textHeeney, Margaret R. – 1996
Multigrade grouping is the practice of intentionally grouping two or more grade levels in the same classroom to enhance learning. It is becoming a much discussed and implemented alternative grouping practice in middle level education. This paper describes the implementation process of two multigrade "teams" in two Florida middle schools,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Studies, Curriculum, Educational Assessment
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Inst. on Education Reform. – 1994
This report documents the progress that school districts in Kentucky have made in implementing provisions of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. This bill mandated that all elementary schools become non-graded, multi-age, multi-ability primary schools by the fall of 1993. During the spring of 1993, observations and teacher surveys were…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Lacey, Kelly; Drees, Jan – 1996
In August 1993 the Des Moines (Iowa) community created a new type of neighborhood school by placing an elementary school close to where the parents work, rather than where they live. This school, the Downtown School, serves a diverse community of students, emphasizes parental involvement, and implements current research in education. This report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
