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Bruhwiler, Christian; Blatchford, Peter – Learning and Instruction, 2011
In many studies of class size effects, teacher characteristics are missing, even though many argue it is not class size that is important but teacher quality. In the present study teachers' effectiveness on the learning progress was assessed while teaching a unit with predefined learning objectives. To measure adaptive teaching competency a…
Descriptors: Class Size, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Competencies
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Blatchford, Peter; Moriarty, Viv; Edmonds, Suzanne; Martin, Clare – American Educational Research Journal, 2002
Studied connections between class size and teaching interactions using a multimethod approach and data from a longitudinal study of more than 10,000 children and their teachers over 3 years. Results show, overall, that in smaller classes, there is more individualized teacher support for learning. Interprets results in the context of teacher time…
Descriptors: Class Size, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries