Relationship between Class Size and Academic Achievement
Abstract
Class size can be defined as the total number of students’ in a course or classroom, taught by an instructor throughout the year (Blatchford, 2003) and it is one of the major indicator that influence the Students’ Academic Achievement (Adunola, 2013; Vandenberg, 2012; Kornfeld, 2010). The main objective of the study was to find out “The Relationship between Class Size and Students’ Academic Achievement”. The nature of the study was co-relational and population of the study was students’ of 5th Grade. The study was delimited to the District Gujrat and twenty five public schools were randomly selected. A check list was developed by reviewing the literature then it was validated through expert’s opinion. The data were collected from the Heads of the selected schools. Data were analyzed through SPSS version 21. Findings of the study revealed that Class Size of 5th Graders at Elementary Schools were more than the average Class Size determined by Tomlisnson (1988). Moreover, it revealed, negative and strong correlation between class Size and Academic Achievement scores in general at both boys and girls Elementary Schools.
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