Teaching and learning in the intermediate multiage classroom / Alice Leeds, David Marshak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leeds, Alice.

Contributor:

Marshak, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Experimental methods.

Education.

Nongraded schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leeds and Marshak examine the benefits of multiage classrooms by exploring how such classrooms function and provide a detailed description of an individual unit designed to maximize the potential of this non-traditional form of intermediate education. By describing the benefits multiage classrooms provide in terms of personal, social, and academic achievement, plus outlining a process for teachers to become successful in this environment, this book is bound to interest administrators, teachers, and researchers in education.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Teaching and Learning in the Intermediate Multiage Classroom; 1: The Lincoln Community School; 2: Academic Development in the Intermediate Multiage Classroom; 3: Social Development in the Intermediate Multiage Classroom; 4: Multiage Language Arts; 5: Multiage Social Studies; 6: Multiage Science; 7: Multiage Math; 8: Home, Architecture, and Structure: An Integrated Unit; Part II: The Benefits of the Multiage Classroom

9: The Personal and Social Benefits of Elementary Multiage Classrooms10: The Academic Benefits of Elementary Multiage Classrooms; Part III: Succeeding at Multiage Teaching; 11: Multiage Classrooms and State Standards and Testing; 12: Becoming a Multiage Teacher; 13: Multiage Classrooms in the Twenty-first Century; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

"A ScarecrowEducation book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28959-3

0-8108-4399-4

1-4617-0613-0

OCLC:

861559745