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Download full textSmith, Kelley A. – 1993
This study investigated students' attitudes toward multi-age classrooms, specifically examining differences in attitudes based on gender and grade level. The Multiage Attitude Survey was administered at the end of the school year to students in two multi-age classrooms: one classroom with 11 third-grade and 10 fourth-grade students, the other with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedShiffler, Nancy; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Profile analyses indicated significantly different patterns of classroom behavior for differing self-concept levels. The highest self-concept group showed the greatest percentage of task-oriented behaviors; the lowest self-concept group had the largest percentage of nondirected behaviors. (GDC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Multigraded Classes, Progressive Education
Dever, Martha Taylor; And Others – Principal, 1994
Recent research supports Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development" theory; children receiving peer assistance can stretch their learning beyond their individual accomplishment. A study of a multiage classroom revealed three strategies used by children working together to solve math problems--modeling, tutoring, and pairing/sharing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cooperative Learning, Developmental Programs
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1968
HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES OF CHILDREN OCCUR NATURALLY IN PLAY AND IN MANY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENT COUNCIL MEETINGS, CLUBS, AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS. THESE ACTIVITIES DEMAND THE VARIETY OF AGES, TALENTS, INTERESTS, AND EXPERIENCES REPRESENTED BY THE WHOLE RANGE OF STUDENTS IN A SCHOOL. IT IS QUESTIONED WHETHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES WOULD NOT…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Class Organization, Classes (Groups of Students)
Peer reviewedVeenman, Simon – Review of Educational Research, 1995
This article reviews the best evidence concerning the cognitive and noncognitive effects of multigrade (students of more than one grade taught by one teacher) and multiage (students grouped for expected benefits) classrooms. Studies of noncognitive, cognitive, and achievement effects reveal no adverse effects of learning in such classrooms. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes
Hoen, Robert R. – 1972
This study was designed primarily to evaluate the effectiveness of three multi-age classes at Carnarvon School, Vancouver, B.C. (each class having an age range of three years: ages 6-8, 7-9, 9-11) in developing children's self-concepts and attitudes toward school. No significant difference was found between the multi-age and regular classes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
