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Internet Sites:

• Children’s Social Behavior in Relation to Participation in Mixed-Age or Same-Age Classrooms
An article by Diane E. McClellan and Susan J. Kinsey, published in the journal Early Childhood Research and Practice.
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n1/mcclellan.html

• Multiage Grouping: Lifeline to Children At-Risk?
A brief article by Diane McClellan, reviewing research related to multiage grouping and at-risk students.
http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=12

• Enhancing Learning Through Multiage Grouping
Discusses multiage grouping as an alternative to the conventional graded classroom. This information is provided by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/instrctn/in500.htm

• Nongraded Primary Education
From the School Improvement Research Series.
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/7/cu14.html

• Multiage-Education.com: Multiage Links
A collection of online resources for teachers of multiage classrooms.
http://www.multiage-education.com/multiagelinks/index.html

• ERIC Digest – Multiage Grouping and Academic Achievement (2001)
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed448935.html

• ERIC Digest – Building Support for Multiage Education (1997)
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed409604.html
 

Online Communities:

• Multiage Classroom Chatboard
“This forum is dedicated to discussions of educational environments featuring a multiage classroom.”
http://www.teachers.net/mentors/multiage/