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ERIC Number: EJ512741
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
The Issue of Class Size for Young Children in Schools: What Can We Learn from Research?
Blatchford, Peter; Mortimore, Peter
Oxford Review of Education, v20 n4 p411-28 1994
Reports that the debate over class size in schools has become more heated in recent years. Examines recent research and attempts to answer three questions regarding class size and academic achievement. Concludes that there is a link between the 2, but only in the early years and only with classes smaller than 20 students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Small Classes, Student Characteristics, Student Needs, Teacher Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Great Britain