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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
