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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
