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Download full textSlavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – 1987
This paper examines research on classroom programs for elementary school students who are at risk for learning problems. The full range of alternative classroom organization models designed to meet the needs of low-achieving or heterogeneous classes is explored in an attempt to discover which type of program is most effective and why. The goal of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Peer reviewedHaynes, Heather L. – Rural Educator, 1996
Advantages of multiage classrooms include improvements in student self-concept, attitudes toward school, leadership, and social skills; reduced discipline problems; and individualized instruction. Implementation problems include entrenched teacher attitudes, including overdependence on textbooks, and the extra teacher training and planning time…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning, Educational Benefits, Educational Change
Gutierrez, Roberto; Slavin, Robert E. – 1992
This article describes the types of nongraded elementary schools that were prevalent from the 1950s through the 1970s, reviews research on the academic achievement effects of nongraded schools, and draws inferences from this research for application of nongraded systems in today's schools. Research in which an objective measure of achievement was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Education
Gaustad, Joan – OSSC Bulletin, 1994
This issue of the OSSC Bulletin explores problems encountered in implementing a closely associated group of educational innovations whose adoption has become increasingly common in recent years. This "family" of organizational and instructional practices includes non-age-graded organization, mixed-age grouping, developmentally appropriate…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment, Educational Finance
Fromboluti, Carol Sue – 1988
This paper summarizes a report entitled "Effective Programs for Students At Risk: A Sourcebook" by the Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools (CREMS) at Johns Hopkins University. Based on a survey of research on services to at-risk students, the CREMS report identified programs that improved the academic performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1994
Multiage grouping is one way schools can organize around students and their learning. In multiage grouping, students of different chronological ages are intentionally assigned to the same classroom. Multiage grouping may also be called "mixed age." Other terms, such as "nongraded,""ungraded,""multigrade," or "split-grade," are often used…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Developmental Continuity, Elementary Secondary Education, Flexible Progression
