If what is known about selective processes of perception is coupled with awareness of the extremely rapid pace of classroom interaction, the classroom setting becomes one in which differential teacher expectations are likely to be formed and maintained. In fact, research findings reveal the power of teacher expectations: high teacher expectations…

Literature on the subject of the relationship between class size and student achievement is briefly reviewed. It is pointed out that while researchers often come to the conclusion that class size has small impact on student achievement, teachers feel that a class of under 20 students permits better and wider learning. The financing of smaller…

For years the issue of class size has been the subject of hundreds of educational research studies. The effects of class size on student achievement, student and teacher attitudes, instructional setting, and total classroom environment have been examined and re-examined. In general, the findings of these studies have been inconclusive, though for…

To gather data on English teacher workloads and the conditions for teaching composition in California schools, a survey was undertaken involving a statewide cross-section of 204 teachers from public and parochial schools. The findings show that in spite of the recommendation by the National Council of Teachers of English that English teachers be…

USING DATA OBTAINED BY THE QUALITY MEASUREMENT PROJECT ON SOME 70,000 PUPILS, THIS STUDY ATTEMPTED TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF CLASS SIZE AND CLASS HOMOGENEITY ON ACHIEVEMENT GAINS IN GRADES 7 AND 8. A TOTAL OF 130 ENGLISH AND 135 MATHEMATICS CLASSES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO SIZE AND HOMOGENEITY WERE EXAMINED. THE READING…

CLASSES WERE DIVIDED EXPERIMENTALLY INTO FIVE OR SIX SMALL GROUPS. EACH GROUP WORKED TOGETHER FOR A PERIOD OF 1 MONTH. EACH OF THE EIGHT PARTICIPATING TEACHERS SELECTED ONE TO SIX PUPILS IN HIS CLASS WHO WERE EITHER DISRUPTIVE OR WITHDRAWN. THESE CHILDREN WERE CALLED THE TARGET PUPILS. THREE TIMES EVERY MONTH THE TEACHER RECORDED THE INTERACTION…

An analysis is presented of the basic instructional productivity formula, PR = TL x CS, where PR is the index of productivity, TL is the index reflecting teaching load, and CS is the class-size index. Objectives of the analysis are to: extend the basic instructional productivity formula to include recognition of different types of instruction;…

If the findings of recent research are any guide, the dollars that are now spent on security devices and personnel, and the educational time now lost by involving teachers and administrators in expanding security programs, would be better spent on strategies for making schools more humane places in which learning can take place. We should look for…

Proposals are presented for curriculum improvement in secondary schools. These proposals resulted from a summer workshop on modular scheduling for secondary schools held in Salem, Virginia, and concern the following areas: (1) Team teaching, (2) various sized instructional groups, (3) grouping, (4) teacher load, (5) credits, (6) marking, (7)…

Rather than looking for answers to predetermined research questions, this study attempted to formulate recommendations for future research on class size and student/teacher ratios in Ontario. The research team began by reviewing studies of class size and student/teacher ratio. Consultants from provincial teachers' and administrators'…

Certain factors are examined that contribute to the utilization of middle and high school facilities in the planning stage in the School District of Philadelphia. The study addresses itself to certain factors related to the methods of rostering schools which affect utilization of facilities in an urban area. A suggested program is developed…

Reported are results of a 1970 survey of 1,996 public elementary and secondary schools, representative of the nation's 81,000 local public schools, to determine the numbers of professional staff serving the following groups of handicapped pupils: speech impaired, learning disabled, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, hard of hearing, deaf,…

CEQ-The Advisor ratings from 400 of 763 class sections from the spring of 1971 administration were divided into two groups of 200 sections each. The sections were separated into five groups depending on the proportion of students taking the class as a requirement. These proportions were as follows: more than 4/5 of the student enrollment was…

The U.S. education system is perhaps history's greatest social achievement. But recognition of its success should not serve to obscure its shortcomings. There must be a stop to improving and muddling through with makeshift responses to the pressure of events. Instead, there should be plans to carry out a reasoned, rational, and practical reform of…