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Prendergast, Leo – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Asserts that multi-age grouping in early childhood settings can and does work. Addresses four main hurdles to successful implementation: (1) laws and regulations that act as barriers; (2) health concerns; (3) overcoming educational values that conflict with those of the age-grouped classroom; and (4) staff misunderstanding of multi-age grouping…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Cross Age Teaching, Early Childhood Education
Download full textHollified, John; And Others – 1989
This publication includes two papers by John Hollifield, three ERIC Digests and two ERIC resource lists on group learning, and a reprint of an ERIC search on cooperative learning in elementary and middle schools. The two papers are titled: (1) "Cooperative Learning in Elementary Schools: From Supplemental Instructional Practice to Schoolwide…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Annotated Bibliographies, Cooperative Learning, Early Childhood 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
