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Download full textWuhue, Jiang – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2023
Published studies on SPOC provided inconsistent findings regarding its effectiveness. Adopting a meta-analysis method, this study combined the results of 32 experimental and quasi-experimental studies published in the past 8 years in China for analyzing the overall effect size of SPOC for improving student learning in vocational schools. Data…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Small Classes, Private Education, Blended Learning
Biddle, Bruce J.; Berliner, David C. – 2002
Interest in class size is widespread today. Debates often take place about "ideal" class size. Controversial efforts to reduce class size have appeared at both the federal level and in various states around the nation. This paper reviews research on class size and discusses findings, how these findings can be explained, and policy implications.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
Robinson, Glen E.; Wittebols, James H. – 1986
A policy of reducing class size seems sensible, but might have costly, far-reaching implications for students, teachers, and public support for schools. The purpose of this research brief is to summarize 100 class size research studies from 1950 to 1985 and to regroup them into 18 areas of concern. The cluster analysis approach was designed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Cluster Grouping
Varble, Mary Ellen; Gilman, David Alan – 1988
This study examined the relationship between test results of students in PRIMETIME first-grade classrooms in Indiana, and the Smith and Glass (1979) class size/achievement model. The class size/achievement model shows the results of a meta-analysis of research on class size which indicated that as class size decreases, achievement increases. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Grade 1, Mathematics Achievement
Ellis, Thomas I. – 1984
Research indicates that the relationship between class size and instructional effectiveness depends on a multitude of related variables, such as age level of students, subject matter taught, and instructional methods used. Recent statistical syntheses of this research reveal that the instructional benefits of smaller classes are most significant…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Crowding
Ellis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1985
After a brief introduction identifying current issues and trends in research on class size, this brochure reviews five recent studies bearing on the relationship of class size to educational effectiveness. Part 1 is a review of two interrelated and highly controversial "meta-analyses" or statistical integrations of research findings on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Correlation
