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Article: Online self-paced high-school class size and student achievement

TitleOnline self-paced high-school class size and student achievement
Authors
KeywordsClass size
Online learning
Student achievement
Virtual school
Issue Date2019
PublisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/education/learning+&+instruction/journal/11423
Citation
Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019, v. 67 n. 2, p. 317-336 How to Cite?
AbstractIn the traditional brick-and-mortar classroom, small classes are generally perceived as desirable, but the benefits associated with particular class sizes in online education have not yet received much scholarly attention. Using a dataset of 10,648 enrollment records generated during the 2013–2014 school year at a state virtual school in the Midwestern U.S., this study examined the relationship between class size and student learning outcomes. The results of hierarchical linear modeling with fractional polynomial analysis suggest a reverse-U-shaped relationship, in which increasing online class sizes had a positive impact on achievement until the number of students reached 45, but a negative one if numbers increased beyond that level. At the subject level, similar reverse-U-shaped patterns were observed in math, social science, and other subjects, but not in English, foreign languages, or science.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/275793
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 3.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.706
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dc.contributor.authorLin, C-
dc.contributor.authorKwon, J-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Y-
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-10T02:49:47Z-
dc.date.available2019-09-10T02:49:47Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationEducational Technology Research and Development, 2019, v. 67 n. 2, p. 317-336-
dc.identifier.issn1042-1629-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/275793-
dc.description.abstractIn the traditional brick-and-mortar classroom, small classes are generally perceived as desirable, but the benefits associated with particular class sizes in online education have not yet received much scholarly attention. Using a dataset of 10,648 enrollment records generated during the 2013–2014 school year at a state virtual school in the Midwestern U.S., this study examined the relationship between class size and student learning outcomes. The results of hierarchical linear modeling with fractional polynomial analysis suggest a reverse-U-shaped relationship, in which increasing online class sizes had a positive impact on achievement until the number of students reached 45, but a negative one if numbers increased beyond that level. At the subject level, similar reverse-U-shaped patterns were observed in math, social science, and other subjects, but not in English, foreign languages, or science.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springer.com/education/learning+&+instruction/journal/11423-
dc.relation.ispartofEducational Technology Research and Development-
dc.rightsThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Educational Technology Research and Development. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11423-018-9614-x-
dc.subjectClass size-
dc.subjectOnline learning-
dc.subjectStudent achievement-
dc.subjectVirtual school-
dc.titleOnline self-paced high-school class size and student achievement-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailLin, C: chinhsi@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityLin, C=rp02286-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11423-018-9614-x-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85049674267-
dc.identifier.hkuros303558-
dc.identifier.volume67-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage317-
dc.identifier.epage336-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000460624800004-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl1042-1629-

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