Modeling is the when the younger students pick up behaviors they observe in older students. It occurs even when it is not intended. If older students and younger students are in close proximity while engaging in learning activities, the younger students will seek to imitate the behaviors modeled by the older students. Younger students will imitate academic and social behaviors demonstrated by older children. An example of this would be, an eight year old and a six year old read together on the floor of the classroom, holding a book between them. The older child reads a page to the younger one, then invites him to read. When the younger child has trouble with a word, the older child says the first sound to help the little one out. There are a variety of strategies a teacher can use to be successful when organizing the instructional piece for the multiage classroom. The research of Dr. Melanie Shaw (2008) suggests the promotion of flexible grouping. This grouping needs to be with older and younger classmates and will promote “student interaction, collaboration, enhancing motivation by encouraging students to work through
Modeling is the when the younger students pick up behaviors they observe in older students. It occurs even when it is not intended. If older students and younger students are in close proximity while engaging in learning activities, the younger students will seek to imitate the behaviors modeled by the older students. Younger students will imitate academic and social behaviors demonstrated by older children. An example of this would be, an eight year old and a six year old read together on the floor of the classroom, holding a book between them. The older child reads a page to the younger one, then invites him to read. When the younger child has trouble with a word, the older child says the first sound to help the little one out. There are a variety of strategies a teacher can use to be successful when organizing the instructional piece for the multiage classroom. The research of Dr. Melanie Shaw (2008) suggests the promotion of flexible grouping. This grouping needs to be with older and younger classmates and will promote “student interaction, collaboration, enhancing motivation by encouraging students to work through