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Boyd, Pete – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2020
Internationally, schools with small numbers of children and constrained funding are not able to group the children in classes based on their age. Rather, the children are combined into larger 'mixed-age' classes. Schools and teachers manage this situation in different ways, for example by teaching the class as two or more separate age-based groups…
Descriptors: Mixed Age Grouping, Mastery Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries
Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; Flores, Francisco; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Felipe; Zúñiga, Luz-María; Guerra, Martha; Espino, Piero; Olaguez, Eugenia; García-Sosa, Erika-Yadira; Alvarez, Maria-Ines; Torres-Mata, Joaquin – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
The Mexican educational reform is based on transformations towards the conception of a new world, as a result of technological advances and new knowledge communities, where the parameters are established mainly by various international organizations, and where countries implement, evaluate, integrate and describe the necessary conditions for…
Descriptors: Mixed Age Grouping, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
Sheri Cooke – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2018
The purpose of this study was to describe the impact of a flexible classroom environment, including the teacher and student relationship, and its role in fostering creativity in middle school students. The case study design included gathering data through interviews and observations. It was determined that democratic, workshop-based classrooms are…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creativity, Teacher Student Relationship, Middle School Students
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
This volume contains a collection of selected papers submitted to the 19th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2021. The 19th BCES Conference theme is "New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World." The book includes 40 papers written by 66 authors from 15…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Global Approach
Lennon, Patricia A.; Middlemas, David – School Administrator, 2005
One of the most absurd vestiges of yesteryear in the public schools is the widely accepted practice of moving students to different teachers and grade levels every year, leading to an annual mix of new classmates and instructional methodologies. No respectable body of research or scholarly reflection today gives any credibility to the academic and…
Descriptors: Mixed Age Grouping, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Low Achievement

Haynes, 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
Stuart, Shannon K.; Connor, Mary; Cady, Karin; Zweifel, Alicia – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2007
This article describes a multiage classroom led by three co-teachers who facilitate the education of 42 students ages six through nine years. The classroom is located in a public school district that practices inclusion and subscribes to the principles of whole schooling. A literature review defines the concepts of co-teaching, multiage education,…
Descriptors: Multigraded Classes, Mixed Age Grouping, Teaching Methods, Inclusive Schools
Kwan, Ivy – Online Submission, 2006
Addressing the needs of a diverse student population is a critical issue in school improvement efforts. Without appropriate support, ESL (English as a Second Language) students risk becoming low achievers. This pragmatic literature review endeavors to capture formative theories and practitioner ideas on ESL learning and multiage education.…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Student Diversity, Equal Education, Educational Change

Slaton, Deborah Bott; Atwood, Virginia A.; Shake, Mary C.; Hales, Rene M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1997
Surveyed reactions of experienced primary teachers to the educational changes mandated by the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) and whether these changes affected teacher retirement decisions. Responses indicated concern over the primary school program components of multiage grouping, no retention/no promotion, and increased mainstreaming. KERA…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Grade Repetition, Instructional Innovation
Elliot, Ian – Teaching PreK-8, 1994
Describes the activities of the Elizabeth Street Learning Center, a kindergarten through grade-10 school in Los Angeles that emphasizes multiage classrooms, parent education, and year-round activities. The school, which serves a mainly Mexican-American population, is funded by the New American Schools Development Corporation, a private consortium…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies

Kelly-Vance, Lisa; Caster, Angela; Ruane, Amy – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2000
A study of 293 students from one graded and one nongraded elementary school found that primary and intermediate students in the ungraded school performed better in reading and math, and language and spelling, respectively. A second study of 134 students from two graded and two ungraded elementary schools found higher social skills in the nongraded…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Grant, Jim; And Others – 1996
A multiyear, multiage experience, combined with what is known about collaborative learning, learning styles, and multiple intelligences, grouping practices, and the success of inclusion in such a setting, promises to give all children a real opportunity for success in the classroom. Many schools have implemented multiage programs successfully, but…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
Addington, Brenda Burton; Hinton, Samuel – 1993
Under the Kentucky Education Reform Act, public schools in Kentucky were required to restructure the traditional kindergarten through third-grade classes into a multi-age and multi-ability level, ungraded primary program during the 1993-1994 school year. Classrooms that once contained children at relatively the same age have been replaced with…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary School Teachers
Fisher, Ros; Lewis, Maureen; Davis, Bernie – Topic, 2000
Introduction of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) into all English schools means that even teachers in small schools with mixed-age classes undertake a large amount of whole-class literacy teaching. The NLS promotes the use of specific teaching strategies during a carefully structured hour-long literacy session. Also, the framework of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Jervis, Kathe – 1996
This book describes the efforts of teachers to develop new strategies for looking at children's work and learning in three schools that are involved in the radical restructuring of education in concert with networks of reformers (the Coalition of Essential Schools, Foxfire, and Project Zero). The assessment strategies that these teachers are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
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