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Download full textJennifer E. Symonds; Ricardo Böheim; Matthew P. Somerville; Edward Baines; Xin Tang; Niamh Oeri; Raven Rinas; Florian Jonas Buehler; Gertraud Benke; Aisling Davies; Seaneen Sloan; Dympna Devine; Gabriela Martinez Sainz – Frontline Learning Research, 2025
This study used systematic observation to test the direct and moderating effects of class size on children's momentary behavioural engagement in learning. Data were collected with 632 children (50.6% girls) in 121 classrooms in 92 schools recruited into the Children's School Lives national cohort study of Irish primary schooling. The Observational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Class Size, Learner Engagement
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This study explores the relationship between seating quadrants and student performance, including the role of classroom type in the quadrant effect. Data collected from 131 classes taught at 17 colleges of Northwest A&F University in China were analyzed using the ordinary least squares method. The results revealed that where a student sat in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Class Size, Large Group Instruction
Campbell Collaboration, 2023
While research on the relationship between general education class size and student achievement is plentiful, research on class size in special education is scarce, even though class size issues must be considered particularly important to students with special educational needs. This summary is based on a systematic review that sought to examine…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Small Classes, Class Size, Special Education
Carrie Hutchins; Mary Beth Schmitt – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: This study explored the relation between therapy group size and language outcomes for children receiving school-based language therapy through an implementation science lens. Method: Data for the current study were gathered as part of the Speech-Language Therapy Experiences in Public Schools study. Participants included 273…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Ted M. Clark; Rebecca Ricciardo; Daniel A. Turner – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Active learning has often been reported to improve student outcomes in STEM courses. However, there are barriers to its implementation, and it is challenging to include this approach in large classrooms with fixed seating. This investigation explores the development of a novel approach in which the class contact time was reallocated for a general…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Class Size
von Hippel, Paul T. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
In an effort to reduce viral transmission, many schools are planning to reduce class size if they have not reduced it already. Yet the effect of class size on transmission is unknown. To determine whether smaller classes reduce school absence, especially when community disease prevalence is high, we merge data from the Project STAR randomized…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Class Size
Paul T. von Hippel – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
In an effort to reduce viral transmission, many schools are planning to reduce class size if they have not reduced it already. Yet the effect of class size on transmission is unknown. To determine whether smaller classes reduce school absence, especially when community disease prevalence is high, we merge data from the Project STAR randomized…
Descriptors: Attendance, Communicable Diseases, Class Size, Small Classes
Mark J. Chin; Lena Shi – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
In the U.S., state politicians directly influence legislation and budget decisions that can substantially affect public education spending and students. Does the political party of elected officials matter for these outcomes? We use a regression discontinuity design to analyze close house and gubernatorial elections from 1982 to 2016 and find that…
Descriptors: Political Affiliation, Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education, Politics of Education
Ogawa, Miku – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2021
This study aims to understand the role of private secondary schools in rural Kenya under the Free Secondary Education Policy. Data were collected from four private schools over two months in 2018 and 2019. All the schools had experienced instability due to low enrolment, particularly after the policy was implemented in 2018. The decline in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Secondary Schools, School Role
