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The impact of digital fatigue in the educational system

Neo LMS

High dropout risk. This condition, combined with anxiety and stress, can lead to disengagement and increased dropout risk, in addition to self-isolation and poor social skills. It can significantly change the outcomes of the learning process as a whole, or for each individual at a personal level. Knowledge absorption decrease.

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Retrieval practice, CBE, and what we value regarding student learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

This work often involves extremely sophisticated proficiency scaling of desired learning outcomes, student leveling diagnostics, and individualized instruction and student interventions. Some of our lower-level student learning outcomes are important and many are less so, particularly when viewed through the lens of ‘lifeworthy content.’

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AllHere Gets a ‘Nudge’ to Scale Low-Cost, Research-Backed Way to Improve Student Outcomes

Edsurge

That led him to his current career in academia, where much of his research focuses on how sending “nudges,” or periodic reminders, to parents and students can improve academic outcomes. Colleges already send “ nudges ” and “early-warning alerts” in an effort to boost student retention rates and reduce dropout rates.

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Fewer teenage mothers, but they still present a dropout puzzle

The Hechinger Report

“Improving outcomes for young mothers can often improve outcomes for their children.” The post Fewer teenage mothers, but they still present a dropout puzzle appeared first on The Hechinger Report. More research is needed, even as teen birth rates decline, on educating teen moms.

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PROOF POINTS: How much does it cost to produce a community college graduate?

The Hechinger Report

Obviously, all those college dropouts aren’t improving local work forces. According to the researchers’ cost modeling, it costs more than twice as much to achieve statewide average outcomes for a first generation or older student than for a student without extra needs.

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How Childhood Experiences Contribute to the Education-Health Link

Digital Promise

Abuse, neglect and related stressors contribute to mental illness, substance use , and a host of other negative social and behavioral outcomes decades later in life. Thus, research has shown that these adverse childhood experiences not only contribute to health outcomes, but there appears to be a link with adult educational attainment.

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2 teacher perspectives on ELLs and learning loss

eSchool News

schools grappled with disproportionately lower academic outcomes, as well as higher dropout rates. This issue has become a point of controversy for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers, who do not feel the term ‘learning loss’ accurately describes the complex situation faced by ELLs in America. .

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