THE IMPACT OF CLASS SIZE ON TEACHER’S EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SCHOOLS IN OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE)

ABSTRACT

This study was designed to find out the impact of class size on teacher's ef ectiveness and how it directly or indirectly af ects the academic performance of senior secondary school students. The assumption is that class size influences student learning because it directly af ects the degree to which the teacher can react to individual student learning dif erences and, thus, alters the ef ectiveness of the teacher. The assumption, of course, is that smaller classes facilitate more ef ective teaching. The survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study was made up of four public secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government. The respondents were selected through the simple random sampling technique. The research instrument was the Yes or No close ended questionnaire validated by the researcher’s supervisor and it was analysed using the simple percentage procedure. The findings of the study revealed that class size does have an influence on teacher's ef ectiveness and on the academic performance of students. It also showed that majority of student are not motivated to attend classes or do group projects and neither do they get their teachers attention.