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Opuni, Kwame A.; Koonce, Sharon – 1992
This study evaluated the Primary Learning Communities (PLC) program, a non-graded kindergarten through second-grade alternative curriculum piloted in three Houston, Texas, elementary schools. The curriculum allows a multi-age mixing of students with ages between five and seven years in the same classroom. Approximately 600 students and 27 teachers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Heterogeneous Grouping
Plainedge Public Schools, Bethpage, NY. – 1962
To determine the advantages of interage grouping, 18 first graders (mean IQ 118.65) were assigned to two interage classes containing first, second, and third graders; 19 first graders (mean IQ 119.60) were assigned to two straight first grade classes. All children selected had been recommended by their kindergarten teachers as their brightest…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Age Differences


