MS>MB> I keep seeing references to class size.
MS>MB> And lord help us if the class size is near 30!
MS>MB> I guess I have a different take on this.
MS>MB> From my own experience in the classroom, I have found that
MS>MB> the correlation between class size and teaching effectiveness
MS>MB> is not nearly as strong as generally accepted.
MS>MB> As far as I'm concerned, it's the chemistry that counts.
MS>MB> Give me the right group of kids, and I'll have great results
MS>MB> with 50 in the classroom.
MS>MB> I have had classes of 15-20 kids that just didn't click.
MS> 
MS>    Agreed.
MS>    Look at typical college class sizes, particularly for the
MS>less-adjusted  freshmen.  Class size is quite often 60 or over for
MS>freshmen/sophomore  courses, even at small classes...and classes
MS>smaller than 30 for  freshmen-level courses are very rare.
MS>    In spite of that, colleges manage to graduate 2/3 of freshmen
MS>within 5  years.
MS> 
I think you would all agree that when it comes to class size, there is 
certainly a big difference between 60 college freshmen, 60 high school 
freshmen, 60 middle school 6th graders, and 60 kindergartners in one 
classroom.  Class size is a factor the lower we go in the grade levels.
Dan Triplett 
dtriplett@juno.com
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