An investigation of the effect of class size on student academic achievement

Education Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-83

  Borland, Melvin V ^a   Howsen, Roy M ^a   Trawick, Michelle W ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size; Competition; Optimality; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT;

EID: 17044378562     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0964529042000325216     Document Type: Article

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