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Download full textKatz, Lilian G. – 1992
A confusing variety of terms is used in discussions of age grouping practices. This digest examines terms that have important implications for teaching and the curriculum. The terms "nongraded" and "ungraded" typically refer to grouping children in classes without grade-level designations and with more than a 1-year age span.…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Definitions, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedShaeffer, 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
Daniel, Tabitha Carwile; Terry, Kay W. – 1995
This guidebook integrates basic strategies for developing a multiage-classroom design. The book begins by describing developmentally appropriate practice (DAP), which is based on a curriculum and an instructional-delivery methodology that address the physical, social, intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic needs of young students. Students are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Age Groups, Classroom Techniques, Cross Age Teaching
Peer reviewedEspinosa, Linda; Chen, Weigh-Jen – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1996
Evaluated effectiveness of a multiage learning project in terms of an assessment of classroom quality, and teacher concerns about multiage grouping and computer use in the classroom. Found that participating teachers modified their classrooms to make them more developmentally appropriate, and they increased their use of computers for their own…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
