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An Exploration Of The Results Of Class Continuance From Kindergarten Through The First Grade, Georgann Marie Howie
An Exploration Of The Results Of Class Continuance From Kindergarten Through The First Grade, Georgann Marie Howie
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The focus of this study is the comparison of two different ways of grouping primary-level children and their teachers across grade levels. The two ways compared are the "class continuance" model, which is the maintenance of a structured same-age "family of learners" through the primary years, and the traditional practice of reassigning children and teachers to new classroom groups each year. Areas of comparison are the children's social, emotional, and cognitive growth. Nineteen children who remained with the same teacher during their kindergarten year and first grade were compared with 19 other children who were regrouped after finishing their kindergarten …