By Julia Rivard Dexter, Co-Founder & CEO, Shoelace Learning and Dr. Neesha Desai Ph.D. Get access to the full white-paper here. There is a known challenge inside digital learning, and almost no one in the industry seems to want to acknowledge it. But without acknowledgement, we are unable to improve,
By Julia Rivard Dexter, Co-Founder & CEO, Shoelace Learning and Dr. Neesha Desai Ph.D. Get access to the full white-paper here. There is a known challenge inside digital learning, and almost no one in the industry seems to want to acknowledge it. But without acknowledgement, we are unable to improve, so here we are. Most students don’t really use the products schools buy for them. If the school is lucky, the students open the app. If they’re luckier, the students interact with it. But, most of the time, when they interact, they guess removing the opportunity for real learning. We know this because we measure it, and because the research is unambiguous. A peer-reviewed study published in the 2020 PERC Proceedings found that after the shift to remote learning, the fraction of “rapid guessing” responses on online assessments jumped to over 40% on most modules. This is students submitting answers
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Over the past few months, we’ve been running a beta test on our new feature—the Dream Point Booster. Teachers often tell us that guessing behaviour
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We have developed a NWEA MAP Score to Shoelace alignment document to help guide you in choosing from our vast assignment library based on their
We often hear variations of “how much should my students play?” Well, we have an answer for you. For the best results, aim for your
