Advantages Of Classroom Size

Classroom sizes, what’s the average size, how does it affect the students, the teachers? What are the advantages of having smaller classrooms? Many people don’t think of this as a major issue, but the fact of the matter is that this affects generations and generations of our country and it shouldn’t be an issue taken too lightly. Classroom sizes not only affect the way a student learns but as well as how the teachers structures their lesson plans. They might have to leave out or prolonged classroom lessons. The attention span of a student varies from size as classroom as well.
While the general population continues to grow, so will the classroom sizes. According to the SASS (Schools and Staffing Survey), the average size of a high school classroom is
One article, written by the Seattle Times suggest that “The most obvious explanation for why reducing class size works — that teachers give students better, more-tailored instruction in smaller classes(Seattle Times).” When we reduce the classrooms size, it give the teachers a much better chance to provide students with one on one time with the teachers and better instruction since the teachers don’t have to deal with as many trouble makers. Since trouble makers cannot cause chaos when they aren’t able to hide behind an entire classroom. Another point made by the Seattle Times is that “Reducing class sizes can have the potential to make a big difference for students only if teachers get the training and administrative support to take advantage of the situation by changing how they teach and how they interact with parents (Seattle Times).” True, reducing the overall classroom sizes by itself won’t automatically improve student’s grades and behavior. School districts will need to provide better training for their teachers to improve their classrooms as