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EJ600456 TM522341

Title: Multi-Age Classes and High Ability Students.
Author(s): Lloyd, Linley
Source: Review of Educational Research, v69 n2 p187-212 Sum 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0034-6543
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL2000

Reviews research on multiage classroom organization as an option for high-ability students. Studies of cognitive and affective factors have consistently shown positive effect sizes. Discusses conditions under which positive effects are most likely and explores multiage classes as an alternative for high-ability children. (Contains 85 references.) (SLD)

Descriptors: *Ability; Affective Behavior; Cognitive Processes; Educational Research; *Effect Size; Elementary Education; *High Achievement; *Mixed Age Grouping; Nontraditional Education

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