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Watts, J.; Robertson, N. – Educational Research, 2011
Background: Teacher stress potentially impairs personal and professional competence and compromises productivity. Aversive emotional experience has been most comprehensively encapsulated by the phenomenon of burnout, which is particularly prominent for staff in human service sectors. Burnout reactions have been characterised as tripartite: the…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Teacher Burnout, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Experience
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Lubienski, Sarah Theule; Lubienski, Christopher; Crane, Corinna Crawford – American Journal of Education, 2008
Recent analyses challenge common wisdom regarding the superiority of private schools relative to public schools, raising questions about the role of school processes and climate in shaping achievement in different types of schools. While holding demographic factors constant, this multilevel analysis of National Assessment of Educational Progress…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Public Schools, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement
Peseau, Bruce A. – 1986
Data from teacher education programs in 77 public universities are analyzed in terms of the relationshp between their resources (e.g., faculty, secretaries, administrators, graduate assistants, operating and capital outlay funds) and their productivity. The data is broken down by academic year, summer sesssion, and 12-month appointments. Data also…
Descriptors: Budgets, Class Size, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peseau, Bruce A. – 1985
Data from teacher education programs in 75 public universities are analyzed in relation to their relative resources and productivity. Data include budget allocations by line (faculty, secretaries, administrators, graduate assistants, operating funds, capital outlay), broken down by academic year, summer session, and 12-month appointments. Data…
Descriptors: Budgets, Class Size, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Connor, D. V. – 1977
Research evidence on the effectiveness of various methods of teaching at the university level are reviewed. Evidence is presented in the following areas: the effect of class size; large group instruction techniques; individualized learning, independent study, and programmed instruction; lecturing versus other methods; and laboratory teaching. The…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Coleman, Hywel – 1989
Various approaches to the management of large classes identified in the literature are categorized, with information drawn especially from earlier findings of the Lancaster-Leeds Language Learning in Large Classes Research Project. The discussion makes use of sources appearing during the last 150 years, but emphasizes the period since 1960. Three…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Allen, Amy; Brannon, Patsy; Sims, Laura – MAHE Journal, 1999
Reviews literature on class size and its influence on student performance, attitudes, and behavior, highlighting a recent study of the effect of lecture-group size on the latter variables in an introductory college nutrition course. Student class-size preferences, attitudes about large-class characteristics, interest in the discipline, attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, College Instruction, College Students
Whaley, Margaret – 1985
The purpose of this report, one of several prepared for a comprehensive study of early childhood education in Illinois, was to collect, compile, and analyze specific data concerning early childhood education policy and practices from all fifty states. Each state was queried regarding the following: (1) compulsory attendance age, (2) mandated…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Age Grade Placement, Class Size, Comparative Analysis
Helmich, Edith; Wasem, Leighton – 1985
Most teachers and the public believe that children in kindergarten and the primary grades benefit from small classes because of children's need for individualized instruction and teacher attention. This report, part of a comprehensive policy study of early childhood education, presents a review of the research on the effect of class size on…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Class Size
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Frede, Ellen C. – Future of Children, 1995
Reviews studies that defined and measured the effects of quality in early child care and education, and analyzes successful programs to determine common traits. Common characteristics include small class sizes; teacher support for greater teaching effectiveness; long-lasting intervention; ongoing, child-focused communication between home and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Size, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis
Terzian, Mary; Moore, Kristin Anderson; Hamilton, Kathleen – Wallace Foundation, 2009
This White Paper summarizes findings from an extensive literature review that was conducted to identify the most promising models and approaches for meeting the needs of low-income children, youth, and families during the summer months. Special attention is paid to summer learning programs that serve diverse, urban low-income children and youth.…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Employment Qualifications