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Broome, Jeffrey L. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2009
Multi-age classrooms feature the purposeful grouping of students from two or more grade levels in order to form communities of learners. During the past 40 years, multi-age education has been examined in literature and research in many different ways and contexts. In the subject area of visual art, however, little literature can be found that…
Descriptors: Art Education, Questionnaires, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Cooperative Learning
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Blasco, Patricia M.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1993
Evaluated effects of mixed-age and same-age classrooms on dimensions of mastery during play for young children developing normally and for disabled children. Found that children's developmental maturation was related to the sophistication of their play mastery for children without disabilities in both settings and for children with disabilities in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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Theilheimer, Rachel – Young Children, 1993
Discusses the benefits of mixed-age grouping for children's social and cognitive development and reservations parents sometimes have about mixed-age groupings. Also discusses issues that teachers need to consider when implementing mixed-age groups: children's personal care routines; furnishings; children's language, motor, creative, and social…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Group Activities