Re: study of red****rting (late entrance to kndergarten)

In article <Xns9AE44D389704Eenigmaempirenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 enigma <enigma@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >>  the Montessori philosophy is to place children in groups:
> >> ages3-6 pre-k/K, 6-8 lower elementary, 8-11 upper
> >> elementary, 11-13 jr.high. however, if a child is working
> >> on a level with older kids (lower el age doing upper el
> >> level work), most Motessori schools will place them in the
> >> upper class for advanced work, while having them spend
> >> most of their time with their social peers when doing
> >> Practical Life, snacks, recess, etc.
> > 
> > Whoa!  What do you mean by social peers:  age-peers, or the
> > kid's friends (of whatever age)?
> 
>  well, i couldn't quite figure out what to call the age group 
> class the kid should be in by age, so settled on social peers, 
> because the US default is to assume kids the same age are 
> social peers (not that i agree, but...)

OK, those are pointedly referred to as age-peers in the gifted community 
because they are not necessarily social peers.

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