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Download full textMiller, Bruce A. – 1991
This paper reviews selected research studies of multigrade classrooms in Canada, Finland, eight developing nations (India, Korea, Maldives, Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia), and the United States. Based on information about the perceptions of multigrade instruction of principals and teachers, the following issues are…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
DelForge, Clarence; And Others – 1992
This report, drawing on data from a teacher survey, summarizes methods for the effective selection of students and teaching strategies for combination classrooms (CC). A CC is defined as having two or more grade levels in one classroom. A total of 256 CC elementary school teachers completed a questionnaire, including participants of a Combination…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Group Instruction
Cobham, Christina A. – 1992
Seven combined or multi-grade classes, ranging from grades 2 to 5, were the focus of a qualitative, naturalistic inquiry. In each of the four elementary schools visited for the study, the decision to have combined classes had been made shortly before school started for administrative reasons. The study sought to determine the manner in which the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Trusty, Edward M., Jr.; Beckenstein, Stacey – 1996
This study compared cognitive, social, and affective progress of students in a multi-graded classroom and a single-graded classroom. Participating were teachers in kindergarten/first, first, and second grade classrooms and a random sample of their students at two suburban Virginia schools. Five teachers taught in single-graded classrooms and one…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Competence
DeBord, Karen B.; Reguero de Atiles, Julia T. – 1991
This study examined the perceptions of teachers experienced in working with mixed-age groups in child care settings for children from birth through age 12. A mixed-age group was defined as one with children having at least a two-year range in age. Questionnaires were mailed to 92 licensed family child care and school-age child care providers in…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Day Care
Marshak, David – 1994
This paper on multiage classrooms provides first steps toward a systemic understanding of the defining qualities of multiage classrooms and, from teachers' perspectives, the benefits of such classrooms for students, teachers, and parents. The multiage classroom movement in elementary schools is viewed as not just restructuring, but also as the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
