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Peer reviewedFu, Danling; And Others – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1999
Describes rationale and first-week-of-school activities of a project to implement multi-age classrooms composed of kindergarten, first, and second grade students who spend 3 years in that classroom. Notes that the project's goal is to empower children as learners by allowing them to help design the curriculum and set goals for their own learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Mixed Age Grouping, Peer Relationship
Peer reviewedAdams, Diane; And Others – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1997
Describes Project Friends, a mixed-age classroom of kindergartners, first graders, and second graders, including its beginnings, significant features (such as use of integrated thematic curriculum and "clubs"), and outcomes. Asserts that the program has empowered children for learning and encouraged helping relationships among children.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Mixed Age Grouping, Outcomes of Education, Primary Education
Peer reviewedGmitrova, Vlasta; Gmitrov, Juraj – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
Examined the effects of two forms of organization of pretend play on children's behavior in the cognitive and affective domains as observed in a mixed-age environment: teacher-directed frontal play, with all children involved, and child-directed small group play. Found a significant increase in cognitive domain behavior during child-directed group…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Experience
Peer reviewedMcClain, K. Victoria Mayer; And Others – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1995
Chronicles the efforts of one primary teacher as she begins a multiage classroom. Includes program guidelines. (ET)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedFreeman, Nancy K.; King, Sherry – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2001
Notes the increasingly popular pedagogy of service learning. Describes an intergenerational service learning project that brought together preschoolers, elderly, and at-risk elementary school students, included both direct service and indirect service, and made valuable contributions to young children's developing literacy, social-emotional,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedAina, Olaiya E. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2001
Investigated experiences in a multiage classroom, especially from the child's and parents' perspectives. Found that despite concerns, in the multiage classroom each child is allowed to progress at his or her own pace; individuality is valued; competition is lessened; and children have more time to develop relationships. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cross Age Teaching, Early Childhood Education, Mixed Age Grouping
Peer reviewedMatthews, Mona W. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Notes that children ignored or rebuffed by their peers may be denied access to learning opportunities involving peer interaction. Describes how the sociometric dynamics in one classroom affected three children. Suggests implementations to minimize negative impact of peer rejection including identifying sociometric patterns, and then utilizing…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Group Membership, Intergroup Relations
