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Download full textStebbins, Gary – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2009
Increased class sizes and advising responsibilities are the new realities in California's graduate programs of Educational Administration. In order to effectively meet new challenges, professors must make adjustments in venue, plan meticulously, utilize technology, distribute leadership, and implement alternative grading systems. This is a…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Adult Learning, Leadership Effectiveness, Grading
McCluskey, Lawrence; Smith, Frank L., Jr. – APSS Know How, 1975
The second installment of a series discusses some of the research that has dealt with the variables of class size and educational process. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
Wick, John W. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1974
Descriptors: Class Size, Courses, Educational Improvement, Higher Education
Hess, Fritz – 1979
Gene V. Glass and Mary Lee Smith claim in their report, "Meta-Analysis of Research on the Relationship of Class-Size and Achievement" (ED 168 129), that their integration of data from 80 previous studies through complex regression analysis techniques revealed a "clear and strong relationship" between decreases in class size and increases in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Methodology
HATCH, WINSLOW – 1961
IT IS THE CONSENSUS OF RESEARCH REPORTS THAT THE CRITICAL VARIABLE IN TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS THE QUALITY OF THE TEACHING AND OF THE SUBSEQUENT LEARNING, NOT CLASS SIZE. OF THE VARIOUS METHODS USED TO OBTAIN QUALITY TEACHING, PROBLEM-ORIENTED APPROACHES TO TEACHING PRODUCED MORE AND BETTER LEARNING THAN ANY OTHER METHOD.…
Descriptors: Class Size, Enrollment Trends, Independent Study, Student Teacher Ratio
OOSTING, KENNETH W. – 1966
AT ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A NORMAL TEACHING LOAD FOR ANY FACULTY MEMBER IS 14-16 SEMESTER HOURS, WITH 75-125 STUDENTS AND 2-3 PREPARATIONS. VARIATIONS FROM THE SCHEDULE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFIC FORMULAS RELATING TO TOTAL MEMBERS OF STUDENTS, NUMBERS OF PREPARATIONS, ASSIGNMENT TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION CLASSES, NEW COURSES, AND CLASSES…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, Teaching Assignment, Teaching Load
MANOOGIAN, PEGGY – 1967
THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION HAS SUGGESTED A 15-HOUR TEACHING LOAD IN JUNIOR COLLEGES. TO ASSIST IN FORMULATION OF A TEACHING LOAD POLICY FOR SPEECH ARTS INSTRUCTORS AT SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE, A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO 80 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES WAS USED TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT PRACTICES. RETURNS FROM 67…
Descriptors: Class Size, Speech Instruction, State Surveys, Teaching Load
HOPPER, HAROLD H.; KELLER, HELEN – 1966
BY A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING, 274 STUDENTS WERE ASSIGNED TO THREE SECTIONS OF 56 STUDENTS EACH AND FOUR SECTIONS OF 28 STUDENTS. EVALUATION OF THE INSTRUCTION IN THE LARGE AND SMALL GROUPS INVOLVED ANALYSIS OF TWO ESSAYS AND INSTRUCTOR-STUDENT EVALUATIONS. WHILE THERE WAS SOME VARIATION IN STUDENT PREFERENCES, THE RESULTS OF THE PRETEST AND THE…
Descriptors: Class Size, English Instruction, Experimental Programs, Two Year Colleges
Mack, Jean Harris; And Others – 1980
The document, nearly half of which consists of appendixes, reports on a national survey conducted by The Council for Exceptional Children to determine the current status of state requirements for special education class sizes and caseloads, and to identify the policy issues for further research. Section 1 relates the overall survey findings on the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Gifted
Edward W. Clark High School, Las Vegas, NV.
This investigation determined if students showed a difference in academic attainment or attitude toward school as a result of membership in an average or above average size group. Some 224 male and female students in average or above average size classes in Business Law, Introduction to Business, and Government served as subjects. They were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, High School Students, Participant Satisfaction
Silver, A. B. – 1970
The achievement of students placed in large English classes (maximum enrollment 100) at Bakersfield Junior College, California, was compared with that of students placed in regular-sized (maximum enrollment 35) sections presenting similar material. At the completion of the fall 1969 semester, students took the Iowa Test of Educational Development,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Research, English Instruction
Vincent, William S. – IAR-Research Bulletin, 1968
This research is directed at finding an optimum class size in elementary and secondary grades. The Indicators of Quality program observes selected classroom characteristics and scores each characteristic positive, zero, or negative. The difference between the positive and negative scores provides a measure to compare with class size. Data from 47…
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Education, Measurement Instruments, Research Reviews (Publications)
McKeachie, Wilbert J. – 1971
This PREP package attempts to provide answers to some basic questions on teaching. The topics considered are class size, lectures versus discussions, student versus instructor-centered teaching, student versus teacher-led discussions, print material and programmed learning, independent study, simulation, and student characteristics of…
Descriptors: Class Size, Simulation, Student Characteristics, Teacher Education
Wilde, Elizabeth Ty; Hollister, Robinson – 2002
This study tested the performance of nonexperimental estimators of impacts applied to a class size reduction intervention with achievement test scores as the outcome. Nonexperimental estimates of impacts were compared to "true impact" estimates provided by a random-assignment design that assessed intervention effects. Data came from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Mitchell, Douglas E.; Mitchell, Ross E. – 1999
This report presents a comprehensive preliminary analysis of how California's Class Size Reduction (CSR) initiative has impacted student achievement during the first 2 years of implementation. The analysis is based on complete student, classroom, and teacher records from 26,126 students in 1,174 classrooms from 83 schools in 8 Southern California…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
