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Peer reviewedBlatchford, Peter; Moriarty, Viv; Edmonds, Suzanne; Martin, Clare – American Educational Research Journal, 2002
Studied connections between class size and teaching interactions using a multimethod approach and data from a longitudinal study of more than 10,000 children and their teachers over 3 years. Results show, overall, that in smaller classes, there is more individualized teacher support for learning. Interprets results in the context of teacher time…
Descriptors: Class Size, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBlatchford, Peter; Goldstein, Harvey; Martin, Clare; Browne, William – British Educational Research Journal, 2002
Reviews existing evidence on the relationship between class size and achievement for children in their first years of schooling. Describes a large-scale longitudinal study of these children within English local education authorities. Presents results for achievement progress in literacy and mathematics during the reception year. (BT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British Infant Schools, Class Size, Educational Research
