Class size: an important factor of effective teaching?
Grit im Brahm
The school effectiveness research in German generally assumes class size to be a rather unimportant factor with regard to students’ performance. However, studies e.g. from the U.S. disprove this assumption. Trying to explain this contradictory state of the art this article follows the hypothesis that class size will only then have an effect on academic achievement, if teaching process is adapted to the small class context. Hence, this article presents the results of an explorative study in primary schools that show that the teaching process in small and large classes does not differ essentially.
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