The wisdom of class-size reduction

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 670-700

  Graue, Elizabeth ^a,c   Hatch, Kelly ^a   Rao, Kalpana ^b,d   Oen, Denise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Dr Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School   (United States)

^c Department of Curriculum and Instruction ^*

^d Milwaukee Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size reduction; Elementary education; Professional development; Team teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649006656     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207306755     Document Type: Article

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