2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the Educational Effects of Class Size Reduction
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11680185
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Mie University |
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Principal Investigator |
ODA Kijun Mie University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (90024489)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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| Keywords | class-size / teaching method / group oriented |
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| Research Abstract |
In Japan, Elementary schools and middle schools have many savior problems. For example there are many children who have no-interest in study and it's very difficult for them to listen in to the lecture in classroom. Japanese students of middle schools are very high in achievement level of math compared with the level of other countries, but the ratio of students who are interested in to learn math and natural science are less than 50 percents and the ratios are the lowest in the world.
In Japan one of the biggest Educational problems in Elementary and Middle schools is the Class Size Reduction from 40 students to 30 students in a class. The purpose of this research were as follows,
1)To investigate the best class-size (number of students) of elementary schools and middle schools (subjects were teachers of elementary and middle schools, and students who wanted to be teachers)
2) To collect the opinions (reasons) why the class size should be reduced less than 40 students in a class, etc.
From the research we get the following results.
1) Teachers and students think that the class of 40 students is to big to teach all of students carefully.
2)Teachers and students think that the best class size is 20 to 30 students.
3) The most popular teaching style in Japan is the group-oriented teaching method in which teachers teach students at the same time, and they have no-ideas to teach students individually.
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Research Products
(2 results)
