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ERIC Number: EJ567783
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Creating Contexts for Middle-Age Learning.
Stone, Sandra J.
Childhood Education, v74 n4 p234-36 Sum 1998
Presents the theories of Vygotsky and Bandura that provide the foundation for research on cross-age learning in multiple-age groupings. Discusses the cognitive, social, and emotional benefits children derive from mixed-age groupings. Outlines social learning contexts, such as learning centers and projects, and structural contexts, such as multiage classrooms. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Centers (Classroom), Mixed Age Grouping, Peer Influence, Peer Teaching, Prosocial Behavior, Social Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Albert Bandura; Peer Modeling; Project Approach (Katz and Chard); Vygotsky (Lev S)