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Curriculum and Instruction

2018

Dominican University of California

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The Cost Of Going Big: Class Size In Middle School Physical Education, Jason Gatti May 2018

The Cost Of Going Big: Class Size In Middle School Physical Education, Jason Gatti

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Class size is a perennial issue that has been debated and researched for years. While there has been a significant amount of research conducted on the impact that class size plays on the teaching process, much of this research has focused on core academic subjects. California education code exempts Physical Education (PE) from student cap limits, which has resulted in a disparity in class size between academic core subjects and PE. Despite this, there is a distinct lack of scholarship concerning class size and its impact on the teaching process in middle school PE. This research attempts to fill this …