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Download full textLuvisi, Christopher; Miller, Stephen K. – 2001
In Kentucky, nongraded primary education became a reality under the mandate of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) in 1990. Research has produced some anecdotal information on the degree to which schools have implemented the ungraded primary program, but there has been no research to link the implementation of the primary program to student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Educational Change, Multigraded Classes
Peer reviewedSurbeck, Elaine – Childhood Education, 1992
Although multiage grouping is part of a greater approach to change in education, classroom problems can result when the approach's rationale is not understood. Three precepts of vertical grouping concern heterogeneity of student groups, individualized materials and activities, and a caring learning community. Factors influencing successful…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Heterogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedShaeffer, Margaret B.; Hook, James G. – Rural Educator, 1996
Addresses the benefits of multiage grouping of primary students in small, rural schools. Reports on a survey indicating that 20 of 49 school districts in a rural state employed multiage grouping. Stresses the importance of considering child development when implementing multiage grouping, and concludes that multiage grouping may be the future of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Doud, James L.; Finkelstein, Judith M. – Principal, 1985
Notes the increasing availability of prekindergarten programs for four-year-olds and describes a program that groups four- and five-year-olds together. Covers the program's instructional goals; reasons for using multi-aged grouping, cooperative teaching, and structured planning time; curriculum; interaction with parents; and dependence on the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Age Grade Placement, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Chapman, David W., Ed.; Mahlck, Lars O., Ed.; Smulders, Anna E. M., Ed. – 1997
This work examines ways central and regional education ministries can influence practices at the school level. Chapter 1, "Changing What Happens in Schools: Central-Level Initiatives to Improve School Practice," reviews common themes, concerns, problems, and emphases. Chapter 2, "Knowledge Utilization and the Process of Policy…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Grant, Jim, Comp.; Richardson, Irv, Comp. – 1996
Studies have criticized age-graded schools as creating a barrier to meeting the goals of equity and instructional excellence in schools. This handbook provides research on multiage classroom practices and argues that a multiage system better addresses and meets students' needs. Information is presented on the following topics: educational reform,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Case Studies, Class Size, Classroom Environment
