THERE was the instructor teaching a course on memory who forgot to come, the woman who signed up for a weight reduction class and four other classes -- all on cooking -- and the one who took stress reduction as part of her five-course load.
Both Finkelstein et al[ 12] and Rosensweig et al[ 13] report beneficial effects on mental health from a voluntary stress reduction class.
Mr. Green called for a reduction in class size.
In this randomized field trial -- a rigorous technique used in medical research, rarely in education surveys -- a fair comparison could be made with a reduction of class size among black students in Tennessee.
The analysis did not try to separate the impact of more productivity -- the extra 40 minutes a day -- from other factors, like a reduction in class size to 20 students from as many as 30, teacher training and new curriculums.
The Democratic nominee, Attorney General Mike Easley, is likely to campaign on his plan for a state lottery that would finance a reduction in class sizes in the lower grades.
Another explanation may be that students typicallyreduce effort in response to a reduction in class size.
When trying to assess the effect of an intervention such as a reduction in class size on student achievement, researchers are typically not able to observe all the other confounding factors that enter into the student learning process, including student effort, family support or teaching quality.
After the battle, Bellone was taken into port and subsequently commissioned as HMS Blanche albeit with a reduction in class to a 28-gun sixth rate frigate.
Collins announced a new education package in June 1985 that included a five percent across-the-board pay raise for teachers, a reduction in class sizes, funding for construction projects, aides for every kindergarten teacher in the state, and a "power equalization" program to make funding for poorer school districts more equal to that of their more affluent counterparts.
