diff --git a/lib/form/editor.php b/lib/form/editor.php
index 35469afdca2..7ffa2dd0360 100644
--- a/lib/form/editor.php
+++ b/lib/form/editor.php
@@ -201,7 +201,10 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_editor extends HTML_QuickForm_element {
     /// print text area - TODO: add on-the-fly switching, size configuration, etc.
         $editor->use_editor($id, $this->_options, $fpoptions);
 
-        $str .= '<div><textarea id="'.$id.'" name="'.$elname.'[text]" rows="15" cols="80">';
+        $rows = empty($this->_attributes['rows']) ? 15 : $this->_attributes['rows'];
+        $cols = empty($this->_attributes['cols']) ? 80 : $this->_attributes['cols'];
+
+        $str .= '<div><textarea id="'.$id.'" name="'.$elname.'[text]" rows="'.$rows.'" cols="'.$cols.'">';
         $str .= s($text);
         $str .= '</textarea></div>';
 
diff --git a/mod/lesson/locallib.php b/mod/lesson/locallib.php
index 9cea1ee12e1..0133c95c334 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/locallib.php
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ abstract class lesson_add_page_form_base extends moodleform {
         if ($label === NULL) {
             $label = get_string('answer', 'lesson');
         }
-        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'answer_editor['.$count.']', $label, null, array('noclean'=>true));
+        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'answer_editor['.$count.']', $label, array('rows'=>'4', 'columns'=>'80'), array('noclean'=>true));
         $this->_form->setDefault('answer_editor['.$count.']', array('text'=>'', 'format'=>FORMAT_MOODLE));
         if ($required) {
             $this->_form->addRule('answer_editor['.$count.']', get_string('required'), 'required', null, 'client');
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ abstract class lesson_add_page_form_base extends moodleform {
         if ($label === NULL) {
             $label = get_string('response', 'lesson');
         }
-        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'response_editor['.$count.']', $label, null, array('noclean'=>true));
+        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'response_editor['.$count.']', $label, array('rows'=>'4', 'columns'=>'80'), array('noclean'=>true));
         $this->_form->setDefault('response_editor['.$count.']', array('text'=>'', 'format'=>FORMAT_MOODLE));
         if ($required) {
             $this->_form->addRule('response_editor['.$count.']', get_string('required'), 'required', null, 'client');
diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
index a624bd9b516..60623b5040b 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
@@ -434,12 +434,12 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_matching extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
     public function custom_definition() {
 
         $this->_form->addElement('header', 'correctresponse', get_string('correctresponse', 'lesson'));
-        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'answer_editor[0]', get_string('correctresponse', 'lesson'), null, array('noclean'=>true));
+        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'answer_editor[0]', get_string('correctresponse', 'lesson'), array('rows'=>'4', 'columns'=>'80'), array('noclean'=>true));
         $this->add_jumpto(0, get_string('correctanswerjump','lesson'));
         $this->add_score(0, get_string("correctanswerscore", "lesson"));
 
         $this->_form->addElement('header', 'wrongresponse', get_string('wrongresponse', 'lesson'));
-        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'answer_editor[1]', get_string('wrongresponse', 'lesson'), null, array('noclean'=>true));
+        $this->_form->addElement('editor', 'answer_editor[1]', get_string('wrongresponse', 'lesson'), array('rows'=>'4', 'columns'=>'80'), array('noclean'=>true));
         $this->add_jumpto(1, get_string('wronganswerjump','lesson'));
         $this->add_score(1, get_string("wronganswerscore", "lesson"));