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Class Size Reduction: Implementation and Solutions.

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Krieger, Jean – 2003

This is a report of a study designed to discover the nature of interactions between teachers and students in regular-size classes (25 or more students) and small-size classes (fewer than 18 students). It also describes the efforts of one public school to maintain smaller classes. A review of the literature and observations of 11 primary classrooms…

Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Communication, Elementary Education

Reasonable-Size Classes for the Important Work of Education in Early Elementary Years: A Manual for Class-Size Reductions So All Children Have Small Classes and Quality Teachers in Elementary Grades. Revised.

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Achilles, C. M., Comp.; Finn, Jeremy D., Comp.; Pate-Bain, Helen, Comp. – 2001

This manual draws together evolving information about how group size influences what the group does and how learning tasks may be designed and employed to accomplish desired outcomes. The manual includes ideas from research on class size and its outcomes; theories of learning and development; and validated experiences of expert educators. It…

Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Design

What Happens in Smaller Classes? A Summary Report of a Field Study. Class Size and Instruction Project.

Filby, Nikola; And Others – 1980

A study was conducted to describe change (and lack of change) in instructional processes and teacher and student behavior when class size was reduced by one-third midway through the school year. Two second grade classes from two schools participated; one school was in rural Virginia, the other an inner-city school in California. Information was…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Environment