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EJ352966 RC506484

Title: On the Merits of Multiage Classrooms. Their Work Life.
Author(s): Pratt, David
Source: Research in Rural Education, v3 n3 p111-16 Spr 1986
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG1987
Target Audience: Practitioners

Summarizes evidence from experimental research, ethnology, anthropology, and history about merits of multiage classrooms. Indicates studies show no consistent benefits of age segregation and some affective and social advantages from multiage grouping. Concludes that multiage and multigrade classrooms are socially and psychologically healthy environments. Cites 51 references. (NEC)

Descriptors: *Age Grade Placement; Class Organization; Classroom Environment; Elementary Secondary Education; *Grouping (Instructional Purposes); Heterogeneous Grouping; Homogeneous Grouping; *Multigraded Classes
Identifiers: *Multi Age Grouping

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