EJ499127 EA530381
Title: Are Multi-Age Grouping Practices a Missing Link in the Educational
Reform Debate?Author(s): Miller, William
Source: NASSP Bulletin, v79 n568 p27-32 Feb 1995
Publication Date: 1995
ISSN: 0192-6365
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1995
The realities
of child development defy efforts to categorize children's abilities
and attainments within the conventional graded structure. Pupil
readiness varies, and children progress in all subjects at different
rates. The development of multiage or cross-age groupings, sometimes
coordinated with youngsters in tutoring programs, has produced promising
outcomes, especially in the affective and social skills areas. (26
references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies; *Child Development; Elementary Secondary
Education; Flexible Progression; *Individual Differences; *Mixed
Age Grouping; *Peer Teaching; *School Readiness; Socialization;
*Tutors
