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EJ454862 PS519822
Title: Issues in Education: Multi-Age Programs in Primary Grades: Are They Educationally Appropriate?
Author(s): Surbeck, Elaine
Source: Childhood Education, v69 n1 p3-4 Fall 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0009-4056
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1993
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 programs are described.
(LB)
Descriptors: Educational Change; *Educational Objectives; Educational
Philosophy; *Heterogeneous Grouping; Individualized Instruction;
*Multigraded Classes; Participative Decision Making; *Primary Education;
Success; Teacher Attitudes
Identifiers: *Mixed Age Groups
