Category: Mixed-Age

Mixed-Age Grouping in Early Childhood Education

ERIC Identifier: ED308990 Publication Date: 1989-00-00 Author: Demetra EvangelouSource: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education Urbana IL. The practice of educating children in mixed-age groups in early childhood education, including the primary grades, has a long history. Mixed-age grouping has also been known as "heterogeneous, multi-age, vertical, ungraded" or "nongraded," and "family grouping." … Continue reading Mixed-Age Grouping in Early Childhood Education →

Mixed-Age Groups in Early Childhood Education.

Author: Demetra Evangelou The practice of educating children in mixed-age groups in early childhood education, including the primary grades, has a long history. Mixed-age grouping has also been known as "heterogeneous, multi-age, vertical, ungraded" or "nongraded," and "family grouping." Cross-age tutoring is another method of altering traditional ways of grouping children in their early years. … Continue reading Mixed-Age Groups in Early Childhood Education. →

Lilian G. Katz | The Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping

THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC Author: Lilian G. Katz Goodlad and Anderson, who introduced the modern notion of the non-graded elementary school in 1959, raised our awareness of the fact that age is a crude indicator of what learning experiences … Continue reading Lilian G. Katz | The Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping →