Issues in Education: Should We Use Bright Children as Untrained, Unpaid Teacher Aides?.

Hansen, Irene

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ERIC Number: EJ456269

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Issues in Education: Should We Use Bright Children as Untrained, Unpaid Teacher Aides?

Hansen, Irene

Childhood Education, v68 n5 p308-09 1992

As classrooms are restructured, practitioners must consider the short- and long-term effects of grouping decisions. All children need to be with children of the same interests and abilities during part of every school day. Mixed ability groups are most suitable for projects that cut across curricular areas. (LB)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Labeling (of Persons), Peer Teaching

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Promoting Ecological Awareness in Children.