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Download full textWyss, Amity; Preston, Courtney – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2022
The shift from the traditional self-contained classroom to the departmentalized classroom structure in upper-elementary classrooms is increasing as the pressure to maximize student outcomes is higher than ever for public schools. Teachers prefer departmentalization but findings as to its benefits for students are mixed. This study considers the…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Class Organization, Self Contained Classrooms, School Organization
Peer reviewedMason, DeWayne A.; Stimson, Janet – Elementary School Journal, 1996
Queried 571 elementary school principals in 12 states to determine: (1) the frequency of nontraditional (combination and nongraded) classes; and (2) changes in the use of combination classes during recent years. Found that although combination classes represented 17% of California classrooms, most states contained only 3 to 7%. Nongraded classes…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Comparative Analysis, Differences, Elementary Education
BROWN, B. FRANK – 1964
DESCRIBED IS THE REORGANIZATION OF A FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL FROM A GRADED TO A NONGRADED PHASED CURRICULUM DEVELOPED AROUND STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS, RATHER THAN THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL AGES. CLASSROOM WORK ACCOMPANYING VARIOUS ACHIEVEMENT PHASES IS DESCRIBED. REMEDIAL WORK IS EMPHASIZED IN THE FIRST PHASE, BASIC SKILLS IN THE SECOND, AVERAGE LEVELS…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High Schools, Individualized Instruction
Gaar, Basil L. – 1970
A prototype for a high school vocational special education program for educable mentally handicapped children is offered as a possible design for school systems. Six concerns are dealt with to provide some direction: objectives of the program, eligibility for the program, staffing needs, length, curriculum, and departmental as well as cooperative…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Class Organization, Exceptional Child Education
