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Thompson, Candace; Ongaga, Kennedy – High School Journal, 2011
Over the past two decades, the perceived failed promise of the comprehensive high school to effectively educate America's youth has generated a national interest in high school reform. One such area of reform is a movement to restructure high schools as small learning communities centered around unique curriculum and state-of-the-art teaching.…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Acceleration (Education), Small Classes
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Blatchford, Peter; Bassett, Paul; Brown, Penelope – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
The authors examined class size effects on teacher-pupil interactions, pupil engagement, and pupil-pupil interaction. They extended previous research by recognizing the hierarchical nature of observation data and the possible influence of other variables. The study used a time sampling method involving 257 children (aged 10-11 years) in 16 small…
Descriptors: Small Classes, Observation, Interaction, Teaching Assistants
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Blatchford, Peter; Russell, Anthony; Bassett, Paul; Brown, Penelope; Martin, Clare – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
It is widely assumed that increasing the number of teaching assistants (TAs) in the classroom will be beneficial to children, and this is one important aim of the recently implemented Workforce Agreement. But there are still significant gaps in knowledge about many aspects of their deployment and impact. The Class Size and Pupil-Adult Ratios…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Longitudinal Studies, Questionnaires