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Peer reviewedHaynes, Heather L. – Rural Educator, 1996
Advantages of multiage classrooms include improvements in student self-concept, attitudes toward school, leadership, and social skills; reduced discipline problems; and individualized instruction. Implementation problems include entrenched teacher attitudes, including overdependence on textbooks, and the extra teacher training and planning time…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning, Educational Benefits, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSlaton, Deborah Bott; Atwood, Virginia A.; Shake, Mary C.; Hales, Rene M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1997
Surveyed reactions of experienced primary teachers to the educational changes mandated by the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) and whether these changes affected teacher retirement decisions. Responses indicated concern over the primary school program components of multiage grouping, no retention/no promotion, and increased mainstreaming. KERA…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Grade Repetition, Instructional Innovation
