On 1/02/2014 10:12 AM, Bianca Gibson wrote:
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.
I think that if the class size is bigger, then kids can learn more from each other. There is also more exposure for everyone and that's got to help too. If a teacher can't do /enough/ one on one, then a classmate just may make up for it and be a better option in some situations. We learn from peers and self learning pretty well overall, teachers sometimes only need to lead the way; that is, to get the kids thinking for themselves. If you spoon feed every kid, just because you can give more one-on-one, then that is less likely to benefit anyone. Cheers A.