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Direct linkMiller, Bruce A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1991
Examination of interviews and surveys provides an overview of the problems and needs of rural school teachers in multigrade classrooms. A review of research and teacher reports in the U.S. and other countries compares instructional methods in multigrade and single grade classrooms. Implications for teacher preparation, classroom organization, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Multigraded Classes
Download full textMiller, Bruce A. – 1994
This handbook examines practices and issues involved in the implementation of multiage programs. Data were collected through site visits at four schools with reputations for excellent multiage programs; interviews with a representative sample of parents and teachers at each school; document analysis; a survey of multiage teachers, parents, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Multigraded Classes, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Peer reviewedMiller, Bruce A. – Research in Rural Education, 1990
A review of 21 quantitative studies of students in grades K-6 indicates that there are no significant differences in overall student achievement between multigrade and single-grade classrooms, while multigrade students strongly outperform single-grade students on measures of affect, attitudes, and social relationships. Contains 23 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affection, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
Miller, Bruce A. – 1988
Small, sometimes multi-cultural, rural schools need specialized preservice teacher education programs to prepare teachers. After outlining the classroom, school, and sociocultural characteristics affecting a teacher's success and survival in a rural community, this paper discusses the apparent lack of rural content in teacher preparation programs…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, Hawaiians, Multigraded Classes
Miller, Bruce A. – 1991
This paper reviews selected research studies of multigrade classrooms in Canada, Finland, eight developing nations (India, Korea, Maldives, Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia), and the United States. Based on information about the perceptions of multigrade instruction of principals and teachers, the following issues are…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Miller, Bruce A. – 1989
This handbook was written to review current research on multigrade instruction, to identify key issues faced by multigrade classroom teachers, and to offer novice teachers a set of resource guides for improving instructional quality. The first chapter reviews previous research on multigrade instruction. It addresses questions regarding the effect…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
