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EJ494671 EA530099
Title: Mixed-Age Groups in Swedish Nursery and Compulsory Schools.Author(s): Sundell, Knut
Source: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, v5 n4 p376-93 Dec 1994
Publication Date: 1994
ISSN: 0924-3453
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1995
Swedish official
documents for nursery and compulsory schools suggest that mixed-age
groups are beneficial to children's learning and socioemotional
development. Early evaluations confirmed these assumptions. However,
results from more sophisticated comparative evaluations do not support
these assumptions. Instructional recommendations based on untested
theories and extrapolations from personal experience can be dangerous.
(41 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; *Educational Benefits; Emotional
Development; Foreign Countries; *Mixed Age Grouping; *Nongraded
Instructional Grouping; *Nursery Schools; Preschool Education; Primary
Education; *Social Development
Identifiers: *Sweden
