Template:Did you know nominations/Multi-age classroom

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The result was: rejected by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:04, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Multi-age classroom

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... that the differing performance of students in multi-age classrooms and single grade level classes is due to teacher performance?

ALT1:... that parents often think their child will underachieve in a multi-age classroom regardless of their child's grade level?
ALT2:... that older students in a multi-age classroom can learn by teaching the lower grade level?
ALT3:... that regardless of their child's grade level, parents often think they will underachieve in a multi-age classroom?
Reviewed: Paul Hollywood

Created by Josh Parris (talk). Self nom at 09:03, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

I wonder what makes this image appropriate to the topic? It does not appear to portray children of different ages, more than a year or so apart. The article's date and length are good but it has uncited paragraphs. Each paragraph must have at least one cite for DYK. About the various hooks, the first one is a cipher; I find it difficult to understand just what is being proposed. I should think that differing student results would also be traced to differences in students! The ALT1 hook is somewhat supported by reference, though the hook says "underachieve" while the article says "disadvantaged"; a much larger and more vague category. The ALT2 hook is more limited than the source which implies that students of any age can learn by teaching, not just older students. The ALT3 hook is the only solidly worded and supported hook. Binksternet (talk) 00:05, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much for this review. I've finally managed to scrape together a little time to address some of this issues; this is my first DYK and I was unaware of the two lists of requirements - the headline and the detail, so missed out on the "cite every paragraph" part. I'll examine what I've written closely and look for improvements. Josh Parris 14:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

I recommend the use of named references per WP:NAMEDREFS for paragraphs that can be cited to the same source. Binksternet (talk) 15:51, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

There are still some paragraphs that are unreferenced. Binksternet (talk) 19:24, 18 April 2012 (UTC)