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Marie Therese Farrugia – Journal of Education, 2024
Presently, in Malta, syllabi are being replaced by learning outcomes. For ages 3-7, the outcomes are framed holistically (e.g. identity, communication, etc.), and it is recommended that children learn mathematics informally through play and projects. For ages 8-11, learning outcomes are subject-based, and new mathematics textbooks are being phased…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Play
Coladarci, Theodore; Hancock, Julie – 2002
Grade-span configuration refers to the range of grades within a school. Grade span is an important issue to various factions in public education, including advocates of middle schools and rural educators concerned with the association between grade fragmentation and school consolidation. This digest focuses on research that has examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Continuity, Educational Environment, Educational Research
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