Mainly group instruction 8. Mixed age groupings 8. Same age grouping 9. Grouping encourages children to teach and help each other 9. Most teaching done by teacher 10.
Child chooses own work with teacher guidance within prepared environment.
Curriculum structured for child 11. Child discovers own concepts through guidance by teacher 11. Child generally allotted certain time for work 13. Child sets own learning pace and develops the ability to budget own time. Instruction pace usually set by group norm.