Bridging the gap: towards an understanding of young children's thinking in multiage groups.

Abstract. Multiage settings are alternative educational groupings that forward complexity in young children's thinking. Grouping children across ages and grades encourages interconnectedness in social and intellectual unfolding This study compared the academic achievement of individual group of multiage students to national norms upon standardized achievement tests. The Stanford Achievement trial 9th edition, was used as the standardized instrument. Analysis of the data revealed no significant difference in scores in reading and mathematics. However, a difference did exist in language