Change:  Studies have shown that students in multiage classrooms develop better social and life skills through working with students of different ages and skills levels. Differentiated learning: Multiage classrooms accommodate students of all abilities,abilities; including special-needs students and gifted students. The curriculum   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 745)

Change: shows that children learn by constructing and re-constructing knowledge, interacting physically with their world and having meaningful interactions with their peers.The learning community is very important in a multiage classroom; that community which exists and develops between teacher, students and   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 709)

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Change:  Multiage classrooms accommodate students of all abilities, including special-needs students and gifted students. The curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of the student and not the other way around.Self-initiated learning or learning which "helps students realize their full   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 673)

Change: Students in a multiage class have a wide-range of abilities and skills which can be used in mentoring and leadership roles for students.Self-initiated learning or learning which "helps students realize their full potential and draws on childrens' unique ability to explore and discover" (Hartjen, pg 3)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 603)

Change:  For more information on scaffolding learning in math: "Multiage Mathematics: Scaffolding Young Children's Mathematical Learning" Multiage and Special EducationI teach a junior high special education class and my class is made up of three   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 570)

Change: I teach a junior high special education class and my class is made up of three grades of students who I teach for three years.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 545)

Change: Collaboration:Self-initiated learning or learning which "helps students realize their full potential and draws on childrens' unique ability to explore and discover" (Hartjen, pg 3) is also a key component in the multiage classroom. Raymond Hartjen in Empowering the Child lists six characteristics which foster self-initiated learning: An   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 347)

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