Download full textERIC Number: ED259454
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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Class Size. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management: ERIC Digest, Number Eleven.
Ellis, Thomas I.
Research indicates that the relationship between class size and instructional effectiveness depends on a multitude of related variables, such as age level of students, subject matter taught, and instructional methods used. Recent statistical syntheses of this research reveal that the instructional benefits of smaller classes are most significant for classes with under 20 students; between 25 and 40 students, class size has little overall effect on educational quality. (TE)
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Crowding, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Small Classes, Teacher Morale, Teacher Student Ratio
Publication Sales, ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon, 1787 Agate Street, Eugene, OR 97403 (free).
Publication Type: ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR.
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