{"id":471,"date":"2015-03-09T10:32:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T14:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/coe\/?p=471"},"modified":"2015-03-09T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T19:47:54","slug":"mythbusting-monday-class-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/coe\/2015\/03\/09\/mythbusting-monday-class-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythbusting Monday – Class size"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mythbusting Monday is a series of blog posts\u00a0where we invite\u00a0different faculty members from\u00a0the College of Education to discuss\u00a0education\u00a0myths and how or what we are doing to combat the myth, fix the myth, etc.\u00a0 We want our\u00a0faculty to have a voice in busting these myths and we hope by making these issues personal we can promote and provoke conversations. \u00a0We will reference the book\u00a050 Myths and Lies That Threaten America’s Public Schools: The Real Crisis in Education\u00a0<\/em>by David Berliner, Gene V Glass and Associates, 2014.<\/p>\n

Myth #17:<\/strong> \u00a0Class size does not matter; reducing class sizes will not result in more learning
\nContributor:<\/strong>\u00a0 Erin Garriott, M.S., Instructor<\/p>\n

As I sit here and watch my 12 year-old daughter play with friends in a hotel swimming pool, I\u2019m wondering who in their right mind thinks that class size doesn\u2019t matter. I know my daughter is safe in that pool, she\u2019s been a confident swimmer since she was five years old. I also know that I\u2019d feel much more at ease if there weren\u2019t about 300 other people (at least that\u2019s what it seemed like at times) in that very same pool of water as her. It\u2019s hard to keep track of her.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same in today\u2019s classrooms. Everyday kids are swimming; some confident, some not so much. Some starting and finishing strong, while others are struggling to keep up. Some have parents (like me) who are sitting on the side of the pool keeping watch ready to help if needed, some kids\u2019 parents are no where to be found or are splitting their attention with their other children. With so many kids, it\u2019s hard to keep track of each one.<\/p>\n

Here in the College of Ed, we model and celebrate the impact that relationships have on success in our classrooms. Those relationships are built during meaningful class discussions and activities. And those relationships grow stronger because our class sizes are small. We get the chance to know each other, to care about each other. Most importantly, though, we don\u2019t lose track of each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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