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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
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
