Rethinking Class Size: The Complex Story of Impact on Teaching and Learning Blatchford Peter
The debate over whether class size matters for teaching and learning is one of the most enduring--and aggressive--in education research. Teachers often insist that small classes benefit their work,…
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The debate over whether class size matters for teaching and learning is one of the most enduring--and aggressive--in education research. Teachers often insist that small classes benefit their work, but many experts argue that evidence from research shows class size has little impact on pupil outcomes, and therefore does not matter. That dominant view has informed international policymaking. In Rethinking Class Size, the lead researchers on the world's biggest study into class size effects present a counterargument. Through detailed analysis of the complex relations involved in the classroom they reveal the mechanisms that support teachers' experience, and they conclude that class size matters very much indeed.Drawing on twenty years of systematic classroom observations, surveys of practitioners, detailed case studies, and extensive reviews of research, Peter Blatchford and