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Tickoo, M. L. – Guidelines, 1991
The place of group work in three possible language classroom contexts is considered. No definitive generalizations are drawn, but a few inferences are noted: good teachers vary in organization and teaching styles; learner preferences vary; and not enough is known about group work in large classes in "difficult circumstances." (Contains 14…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries
Download full textSato, Koichi – 2003
This paper examines obstacles faced by Japanese students learning English, noting that many such students are highly competent in reading, writing, and listening, but not in speaking. It suggests that students are worried about making oral mistakes, which cannot be erased once uttered, and that oral activities completed in English class are often…
Descriptors: Class Size, Communication Apprehension, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBlatchford, Peter; Mortimore, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 1994
Reports that the debate over class size in schools has become more heated in recent years. Examines recent research and attempts to answer three questions regarding class size and academic achievement. Concludes that there is a link between the 2, but only in the early years and only with classes smaller than 20 students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Classroom Environment
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1983
This publication presents a statistical overview of each elementary, intermediate, junior high, senior high, and special education school in the New York City public school system for the 1981-1982 school year. Data are provided on physical facilities, pupil enrollment, ethnic composition, class size, student promotion, Title I status, free lunch…
Descriptors: Attendance, Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Fordham, Adrian M. – 1983
This publication describes the first phase of the Classroom Environment: Teaching for Learning Study in Australia, a six-year international research effort to identify correlations between teaching practices and student achievement. The report's first chapter presents a resume of the study and reviews research findings on managerial and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Peer reviewedRosser, Sue V. – College Teaching, 1998
If dynamics of gender and race in the science classroom are understood and used effectively, group work may enhance learning for all students, especially women and students of color; if ignored or misunderstood, group work may detract from or inhibit learning. Group size/selection, roles/leadership, assignments/grading, student resistance, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Size, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1988
This document contains 22 tables of statistical data comprising reference group summaries for the data included in the October 1988 New York State Comprehensive Assessment Reports. School administrators can compare the data for their schools and school districts with those for various reference groups in New York. Sections A through E include…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Class Size, Dropout Rate
