Teaching and Learning in the Intermediate Multiage Classroom

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This work describes a creative and effective teaching practice in multiage elementary classrooms, one that integrates challenging academics with personalized teaching and learning. It describes methods for teaching in this type of environment that provide a better form of education than the conventional age-graded classroom. The text examines the benefits of multiage classrooms by exploring how such a classroom functions, and provides 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 work should interest administrators, teachers, and researchers in education.

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Alice Leeds is a teacher at the Lincoln Community School, Lincoln, Vermont.
David Marshak is an associate professor of education at Seattle University, Seattle, Washington.