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Peer reviewedBarrett, Robert E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1973
Improvement on standardized tests, fewer discipline problems, less school vandalism, better student-teacher relations, and higher grades have all resulted from the nongraded learning unit approach. (Editor)
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, Junior High Schools, Multiunit Schools, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Jensen, Edith W. – Inequality in Education, 1973
Discusses the alternative learning and teaching system, Individually Guided Education (IGE). (JF)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Schools, Individualized Instruction
Klausmeier, Herbert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Schools, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
Malsam, Margaret – Curriculum Review, 1980
This article describes the advantages of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) system both as a school management design and an instructional system effective with students of all ability levels. The need for teacher commitment and training in IGE are discussed. (SJL)
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1973
IGE, a new form of elementary school organization, has been revolutionizing U. S. classrooms. Its success has been attributed to a format that trys different kinds of teaching methods, techniques, and strategies with a single end - to develop the individual on his terms. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Individualized Instruction
Download full textWisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. – 1972
These documents (IGE booklet and accompanying mailing piece) provide information about the multiunit elementary school (MUS-E). The MUS-E is the organizational administrative component of a system of individually guided education (IGE) designed for the elementary school. The MUS-E and IGE are designed to formulate and carry out instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Cooperative Planning, Differentiated Staffs
Holzman, Seymour – 1972
Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an elementary school program that replaces the self-contained classroom with an instructional unit composed of a unit leader, three to five teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical aides, and 100 to 150 children. Its program includes innovations such as nongraded instruction, team teaching, continuous…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Individualized Instruction
Evers, Nancy A. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to identify any increase or decrease in expenditures among a stratified sample of schools during their first year of implementing the system of Individually Guided Education in the Multiunit Elementary School (IGE/MUS-E). IGE/MUS-E is a comprehensive educational system incorporating several innovative educational…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Costs, Differentiated Staffs, Educational Finance
Notes from the Field: Education Reform in Rural Kentucky, 1998
As part of an 8-year study of education reform in rural Kentucky, this report examines the primary program that has evolved in six rural elementary schools as a result of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), which requires that grades K-3 be replaced by a nongraded program. This change aimed to eliminate failure in the first 2 years of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. – 1971
This directory is intended to help persons identify the locations of innovative educational centers implementing IGE/multiunit school concepts in the U.S.A. Over 500 centers in 18 States are identified. Schools are listed alphabetically by district in each State with school addresses and telephone numbers, the names and addresses of school…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Directories, Educational Innovation, Elementary Schools
Herrick, H. Scott – 1973
This study examines the relationship of organizational variables to teacher motivation. It seeks to determine what differences, if any, exist between the organizational structures of multiunit (MUS) and non-multiunit (NMUS) individually guided education (IGE) elementary schools. The unit of analysis consists of MUS and NMUS elementary schools in…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
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
Melvin, Mary Pauline – 1976
This study was conducted to determine how instructional programming for individual students has been implemented to provide effective learning environments for elementary school students. The focus was on the processes and procedures used to achieve objectives of the Instructional Programming Model (IPM). A related purpose was to study the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Individual Instruction, Individualized Instruction
Gaustad, Joan – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
Nongraded primary education is the practice of teaching children of different ages and ability levels together, without dividing them or the curriculum into steps labeled by "grade" designations. Changing from graded to nongraded structure requires a major investment of time, energy, and commitment on the part of teachers and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Lorton, Larry – 1973
The McKinley Project represents a systems approach to reorganizing instruction. The reorganization was based on three conclusions drawn from a comprehensive investigation of research and practices by the Commission on Public Personnel Policies in Ohio. The conclusions were that (1) variance within a grade level on many learning variables is…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
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