Active Learning Time in Mixed Age Classes

Toward a Theory of Combination Classes

“…Collectively, Veenman's reviews (1995, 1996), rejoinder (1996), critique (1997), and observational research (e.g., Veenman, Lem, & Winkelmolen, 1985; appear to suggest that he views combination classes as having no substantial effect, pro or con, on instruction. His explicit position on this point, however, is somewhat difficult to identify.…”

Improving Instructional and Classroom Management Skills: Effects of a Staff Development Programme and Coaching

“…Schools that now have mixed-age classes out of necessity, without any experience of this form of organization, make greater demands on their teachers in terms of classroom organizational talents and devising effective teaching-learning conditions for all pupils. During 1981During -1985 three observational studies were conducted on learning and instruction in Dutch primary schools (Veenman, Lem & Winkelmolen, 1985;Veenman, Lem, Voeten, Winkelmolen & Lassche, 1986). The major objectives of these studies were to determine how a variety of instructional features influenced time-on-task in mixed-age classes.…”