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Peer reviewedBarker, Bruce; Muse, Ivan – Research in Rural Education, 1986
Traces decline of one-room schools from 24,000 in 1959 to about 840 today. Reports findings from 1984 survey of 643 surviving one-room schools in Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota, California, and Wyoming. Includes data on enrollments, teacher qualifications and responsibilities, student achievement, and school facilities/equipment. (NEC)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, One Teacher Schools
Download full textGardener, Clark Edward – 1986
Questionnaires completed by 374 teachers were used to determine differences in the instructional and noninstructional responsibilities of elementary teachers in very small, small, and medium school districts in Montana. Questions about instructional duties related to number of courses and grade levels taught, pupil/teacher ratio, teacher role in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Multigraded Classes, Noninstructional Responsibility
