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Download full textKate Quane; Bec Neill – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
This paper examines the mathematical experiences of students with additional and diverse needs in multi-year classes within the educational context of small regional South Australian (SA) schools. Qualitative research methods were used to collect data about how students communicate their mathematical thinking. Opportunities for students to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Student Experience, Special Needs Students
Peer reviewedHeyerman, Barbara; Sherbow, Mark – Language Arts, 1996
Describes one multi-age classroom that includes children from 6-11 years of age (traditionally grades 1-5). Explains how this unique learning community began; how student groupings were established to promote social interaction and peer collaboration among a wide age span of children; what the class looked like in actual practice; and what the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Roberts, Joanne Erwick; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1994
Sixteen children with developmental disabilities and 32 nondisabled children (all between 1.5 and 4.5 years of age) were placed in either a same- or mixed-age grouping of 6 children. Observation six months later showed that children in mixed-age groups took more conversational turns with partners with disabilities than did children in same-age…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Disabilities, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Way, Joyce W. – 1980
Two studies were conducted on the effects of multiage classrooms. The first study investigated verbal interaction among children of different age groups and student-teacher interaction in multiage classrooms. Existing multiage classrooms in various settings were observed and information was recorded on the ages of the children initiating and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Influences
Direct linkCornish, Linley – Australian Educational Researcher, 2006
Parents of children in a large primary school in New South Wales were asked questions related to their attitudes towards and beliefs about composite (multigrade) classes. Parental concerns about composite classes are commonly reported as negative and this study confirmed this concern. Issues identified as causing concern for parents were a belief…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Role Models, Multigraded Classes
Peer reviewedLemerise, Elizabeth A.; Harper, Bridgette D.; Howes, Heidi M. – Early Education and Development, 1998
Studied the longitudinal stability of measures of peer acceptance, social status, and social reputation and the role of children's ages relative to classmates during the transition from same-age kindergarten to mixed-age ungraded primary classes. Found that overall peer acceptance and aggressive social reputation were moderately stable. Half of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Longitudinal Studies
