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The Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement in Higher Education: Applying an Earnings Function.
Download full textDillon, Michael; Kokkelenberg, E. C.; Christy, Sean M. – 2002
This paper uses an earnings function to model how class size affects the grade students earn. It tests the model using an ordinal logit with and without fixed effects on 363,023 undergraduate observations. It finds that class size negatively affects grades. Average grade point average declines as class size increases, precipitously up to class…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Fenzel, L. Mickey; Flippen, Gerivonni M. – Online Submission, 2006
The use of recent college graduates as volunteer teachers has increased in recent years with the growth of the Teach for America program and alternative middle schools for at-risk children from low income homes. Very few studies to date have investigated the effects of the use of such teachers on student learning and engagement in school. The…
Descriptors: Volunteers, College Graduates, Low Income Groups, Middle School Students
