Multigrade Teaching and Age Composition of the Class: The Influence on Academic and Social Outcomes Among Students. ESRI Research Bulletin 2014/3/2

Quail, Amanda and Smyth, Emer (2014) Multigrade Teaching and Age Composition of the Class: The Influence on Academic and Social Outcomes Among Students. ESRI Research Bulletin 2014/3/2. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

A recent study by Amanda Quail and Emer Smyth aims to address this gap in research using data on 8,568 9 year old children from the Growing Up in Ireland study, a major longitudinal study of infants and children in Ireland. The data are a rich source of information on the situation of nine-year-old children in Ireland and draw on the perspectives of the child’s teacher, principal, parents and the children themselves. Over one third (35%) of these children were taught in a multigrade setting. Among this group, 47% were taught with older children, 42% with younger children and 11% with both older and younger children. Not surprisingly, children attending small, rural schools were more likely to be taught in a mixed-age setting.

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