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Peer reviewedByrnes, Deborah A.; And Others – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1994
Examined educational attitudes of 168 students and their parents in the first year of a primary level multiage program. Found that although the majority of parents and students considered the experience positive, their principal concern was that older students did not appear to be sufficiently challenged academically, suggesting the need for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Mixed Age Grouping, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Download full textGaustad, Joan – Research Roundup, 1996
Multiage education is the placement of children of varying ages, grades, and ability levels in the same classroom with the aim of improving learning for all of them. Teaching a multiage class requires very different knowledge and skills than teaching traditional single-grade classes. Interest in multiage education has grown in recent years, and…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Classroom Techniques, Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Secondary Education
Fogarty, Robin, Ed. – 1995
Ten articles provide a detailed look at examples of real-world multiage classrooms; review the literature and research surrounding multiage groupings; explore the practical issues involved in organizing, conducting, and assessing multiage classrooms; and offer insight into the many implications of and subtleties that accompany multiage groupings.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
Grant, Jim; And Others – 1995
The case for multiage education is examined and an effort is made to provide answers to the most commonly asked questions about its implementation. The questions are organized into eight groups. The first group tries to clarify the concept of multiage education and its components. Concepts such as multiyear placement, looping classrooms, split…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Inst. on Education Reform. – 1994
This report documents the progress that school districts in Kentucky have made in implementing provisions of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. This bill mandated that all elementary schools become non-graded, multi-age, multi-ability primary schools by the fall of 1993. During the spring of 1993, observations and teacher surveys were…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Katz, Lilian G.; And Others – 1990
In six brief chapters, mixed-age grouping of young children in schools and child care centers is explored and advocated. Chapter 1 defines mixed-age grouping, examines limitations of single-age grouping, and points out positive characteristics of mixed-age classes. Chapter 2 discusses social development as seen in children's interactions in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cooperative Learning, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Hallion, Andrea M. – 1994
This paper traces the development of graded and non-graded classrooms in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries and describes the implementation of multiage classrooms at an elementary school in Hopedale, Massachusetts. After defining what is meant by multiage classrooms, the paper discusses the role of Horace Mann, who was then a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Development, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Anderson, Robert H.; Pavan, Barbara Nelson – 1993
Urging educators to abandon the graded system of education, this book advocates the use of a nongraded, continuous approach to education in which students are taught and assessed according to their ability rather than age. The book is divided into 11 chapters. Chapter 1 outlines the history of the graded school movement and argues that conditions…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Administrator Attitudes, Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum Design
