Making Class Size Work in the Middle Grades

Autor/inn/en	Tienken, C. H.; Achilles, C. M.
Titel	Making Class Size Work in the Middle Grades
Quelle	In: AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 3 (2006) 1, S.26-36 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-6569
Schlagwörter	Class Size; Grades (Scholastic); Small Classes; Instructional Program Divisions; Theory Practice Relationship; Outcomes of Education; Middle School Students; Pretests Posttests; Educational Finance; Costs; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassengröße; Notenspiegel; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Bildungsfonds; Cost; Kosten
Abstract	Most research on the positive effects of class-size reduction (CSR) has occurred in the elementary level (Word, Johnston, Bain, Fulton, Zaharias, Lintz, Achilles, Folger, & Breda, 1990; Molnar, Smith, Zahorik, Palmer, Halbach, & Ehrle, 1999). Is CSR an important variable in improving education in the middle grades? Can small classes be achieved in the middle grades at reasonable costs? This article provides an overview of a three-year initiative (2001-2004) to lower class sizes in a middle school through structural changes. Based on initial pre- and post-test data, the process and student outcomes have been positive. All improvements occurred at no added cost. (Contains 5 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10