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Meta-Analysis at Middle Age: A Personal History
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Glass, Gene V. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2015
The 40-year history of meta-analysis is traced from the vantage point of one of its originators. Research syntheses leading to the first examples of meta-analysis are identified. Early meta-analyses of the literature on psychotherapy outcomes and school class size are recounted. The influence on the development of meta-analysis of several…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Research Methodology, Psychotherapy, Class Size
Class Size and Learning.
Glass, Gene V.; And Others – Today's Education, 1979
A report is given of research results strongly indicating a direct relationship between class size and student achievement. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Student Teacher Ratio, Teaching Methods
Meta-analysis of Research on Class Size and Its Relationship to Attitudes and Instruction.
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Smith, Mary Lee; Glass, Gene V. – American Educational Research Journal, 1980
Results of 59 studies of this relationship were integrated. Analysis revealed a substantial relationship between class size and teacher and pupil attitudes, as well as instruction. The results complement those of a previous meta-analysis that showed positive effects of class size on achievement. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Class Size, Correlation, Educational Environment, Instructional Improvement
Meta-Analysis of Research on Class Size and Achievement.
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Glass, Gene V.; Smith, Mary Lee – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
The relationship between class size and school achievement is investigated in this "meta-analysis" of the class size literature. In addition, some methodological considerations of meta-analysis are discussed. (JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Does Class Size Make a Difference?
Glass, Gene V.; Down, A. Graham – Instructor, 1979
Argues that study findings indicate that lowered class size increases student achievement and improves school attitudes. Counter argument indicates there is little educational payoff and great monetary expense in small reductions in class size. (RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
Meta-Analysis of Research on the Relationship of Class-Size and Achievement. The Class Size and Instruction Project.
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Glass, Gene V.; Smith, Mary Lee – 1978
The first in a series of reports by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, this report demonstrates the positive relationship between reduced class size and pupil achievement. The researchers collected about 80 studies that yielded over 700 comparisons of the achievement of smaller and larger classes. The results showed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Charts, Class Size
Relationship of Class-Size to Classroom Processes, Teacher Satisfaction and Pupil Affect: A Meta-Analysis.
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Smith, Mary Lee; Glass, Gene V. – 1979
Using data from previously completed research, the authors of this report attempted to examine the relationship between class size and measures of outcomes such as student attitudes and behavior, classroom processes and learning environment, and teacher satisfaction. The authors report that statistical integration of the existing research…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Meta-analysis: An Approach to the Synthesis of Research Results.
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Glass, Gene V. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Discusses three general characteristics and four criticisms of meta-analysis (statistical analysis of the summary findings of many research studies). Illustrates application of meta-analysis on research studies relating to school class size and achievement and inquiry teaching of biology. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Class Size, College Science
School Class Size: Research and Policy
Glass, Gene V.; And Others – 1982
This book synthesizes research evidence to demonstrate that 1) class size is strongly related to pupil achievement; 2) smaller classes are more conducive to improved pupil performance than larger classes; 3) smaller classes provide more opportunities to adapt learning programs to individual needs; 4) pupils in smaller classes have more interest in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis