A Research on the Effects of Class Size

第一年，研究小组进行了：1)二战后班级规模变化的分析，2)班级规模教育效果的初步调查。第二年，在调查问卷项目审定后，向小学和初中教师以及小学生(小学4至6年级，调查问卷的目的是检验班级规模和引入团队教学对教育的不同影响。调查问卷向全国七(7)个县的40所小学和29所初中的3500名教师和7500名学生发出。1322名教师和7431名学生返回了调查问卷。除了对调查问卷的回答进行分析外，研究小组在报告中收录了其他一些关于班级规模的研究成果和一个美国缩减班级规模项目的翻译。研究内容如下：第一部分研究和班级规模的变化第一章的目的和研究概要第二章第二部分第二部分第二章教师对班级规模的教育效果的感知第四章学生对师生关系的感知第五章学生对课堂教学的感知第六章教师的责任与学校/班级规模第三部分团队教学教师对团队教学的教育效果的感知第八章学生对团队教育效果的感知团队教学的效果第四部分开创性研究第九章香川大学附中实验研究第十章减少班级规模项目：提高美国学生成绩第五部分综合讨论第11章总结与讨论

In the first year, the research team conducted :1) the analysis of the change of class size after the second world war,2) the preliminary survey of educational effects of class size.In the second year, after questionnaire items were examined to be finalized, the questionnaires were administered to the elementary and lower secondary teachers as well as school children (grade 4 to 6 in elementary schools, grade 7yo 9 in lower secondary schools).The purpose of the questionnaires was to examine the differentiated effects on education due to class sizes and introduction of team-teaching.The questionnaires were sent out to 3,500 teachers and 7,500 students in 40 elementary schools and 29 lower secondary schools in seven (7) prefectures nationwide. 1,322 teachers and 7,431 students returned the questionnaire. In addition to the analysis of the answers to the questionnaire, the research team included some other research results of class size and the translation of an US project to reduce class size in our report.The table of contents is as follows :Part 1 Outline of the Research and the change of class sizeChapter 1 Aims and Outline of the ResearchChapter 2 Reduction of Class size after the WW2Part 2 Class SizeChapter 3 Teachers' Perception of Educational Effects of Class SizeChapter 4 Students' Perception of Teacher-Student RelationshipChapter 5 Students' Perception of Classroom InstructionChapter 6 Teachers' Responsibilities and school/class sizePart 3 Team-TeachingChapter 7 Teachers' Perception of Educational Effects of Team-TeachingChapter 8 Students' Perception of Educational Effects of Team-TeachingPart 4 Pioneering StudiesChapter 9 Experimental Study in the Attached Lower Secondary School to Kagawa UniversityChapter10 Class Size Reduction Project : Improving Student Achievement in the United States (translation)Part 5 Synthetic DiscussionChapter 11 Summary and Discussion