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Multi-Age Grouping: The One Room School Revisited?

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Shaeffer, Margaret B.; Hook, James G. – Rural Educator, 1996

Addresses the benefits of multiage grouping of primary students in small, rural schools. Reports on a survey indicating that 20 of 49 school districts in a rural state employed multiage grouping. Stresses the importance of considering child development when implementing multiage grouping, and concludes that multiage grouping may be the future of…

Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Practices

Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children.

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Reading Teacher, 1998

Presents the 1998 position statement regarding early literacy development formulated by the International Reading Association and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Outlines issues and reviews research. Offers a set of principles and recommendations for teaching practices and public policy. Includes a continuum of…

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Clarifying the Developmental Perspective in Response to Carta, Schwartz, Atwater, and McConnell.

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Johnson, James E.; Johnson, Karen McChesney – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1992

This reaction paper offers evidence for the effectiveness of nondirective instructional models with special needs young children. The construct of "developmentally appropriate practice" is viewed as a working hypothesis and as a continuous variable, not a dichotomous variable. Relationships between early childhood education and early childhood…

Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Continuity, Developmental Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices