Small class size and Teacher Satisfaction
Price and Terry (2008) investigated the relationship between class size and teacher job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is important because it contributes to teacher turnover, which impacts student academic achievement (Price & Terry, 2008). Price and Terry (2008) surveyed and conducted focus groups with teachers grouped by class size. Group one included teachers who had less than 19 students, group two included teachers who had 19-24 students and group three included teachers who had more than 24 students in their class. The results indicated that teachers with smaller class sizes had higher levels of job satisfaction in regards to being able to supplement and expand on class lessons, classroom configuration …show more content…
The study included two highly experienced teachers (HET) who had 34 and 26 years of experience and two less experienced pre service teachers (LET) who were enrolled in an education program. Kim and Housener (2010) conducted observations and interviews with the teachers to discuss their concerns with teaching different class sizes. The teachers were prompted to plan and teach two 30-minute lessons. One lesson would be for a small class and one lesson for a large class (Kim & Housener, 2010).
The results indicated that the teachers felt the smaller classes had more instructional advantages than large classes. HETs and LETs explained they were more satisfied with their lessons taught to the smaller classes because they had more instructional time, less disruptive behavior and more opportunities to provide feedback and work with individual students. Although, HETs still reported they were content with their lessons with their large classes (Kim & Housener, …show more content…
Specifically, the study focused on the impact of class size in high school on college achievement and teaching methods utilized by teachers in different class sizes (Wyss et al., 2007). The study is based on data collected through Factors Influencing College Science Success (Project FICSS). Project FICSS surveyed college science students in the United States to gather information on their high school class size and teaching method used by their high school teachers. On the returned surveys the college professors wrote their final grade on the page for the comparison of the participants final science course grades (Wyss et al.,
Price and Terry (2008) investigated the relationship between class size and teacher job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is important because it contributes to teacher turnover, which impacts student academic achievement (Price & Terry, 2008). Price and Terry (2008) surveyed and conducted focus groups with teachers grouped by class size. Group one included teachers who had less than 19 students, group two included teachers who had 19-24 students and group three included teachers who had more than 24 students in their class. The results indicated that teachers with smaller class sizes had higher levels of job satisfaction in regards to being able to supplement and expand on class lessons, classroom configuration …show more content…
The study included two highly experienced teachers (HET) who had 34 and 26 years of experience and two less experienced pre service teachers (LET) who were enrolled in an education program. Kim and Housener (2010) conducted observations and interviews with the teachers to discuss their concerns with teaching different class sizes. The teachers were prompted to plan and teach two 30-minute lessons. One lesson would be for a small class and one lesson for a large class (Kim & Housener, 2010).
The results indicated that the teachers felt the smaller classes had more instructional advantages than large classes. HETs and LETs explained they were more satisfied with their lessons taught to the smaller classes because they had more instructional time, less disruptive behavior and more opportunities to provide feedback and work with individual students. Although, HETs still reported they were content with their lessons with their large classes (Kim & Housener, …show more content…
Specifically, the study focused on the impact of class size in high school on college achievement and teaching methods utilized by teachers in different class sizes (Wyss et al., 2007). The study is based on data collected through Factors Influencing College Science Success (Project FICSS). Project FICSS surveyed college science students in the United States to gather information on their high school class size and teaching method used by their high school teachers. On the returned surveys the college professors wrote their final grade on the page for the comparison of the participants final science course grades (Wyss et al.,