Bianca Gibson wrote:
On 1 February 2014 13:08, Rohan McLeod <rhn@jeack.com.au <mailto:rhn@jeack.com.au>> wrote:
What is really contentious is his claim that class size really isn't all that significant ether.
My Mum's a teacher and was talking about this the other day. They are told that class size isn't significant, but that time spent individually with each student is. They will obviously spend less individual time with each student if they have a big class. Bianca
I agree the conclusion is far from intuitive; also it must be noticed the conclusion is statistical. Apparently one study in California, seemed to show 'success' measured as % going on to university, had little correlation with class size difference, from memory this was for class sizes 20 - 30 . Perhaps the even more confronting conclusion, again statistical was that 'success' was correlated to 'teacher quality' and surprisingly this had little to do with qualifications ! regards Rohan McLeod