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Sarah J. Reber; Dennis Rünger; Mitchell D. Wong – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
This paper estimates the causal effects of enrollment in one of five oversubscribed high-quality Los Angeles charter schools using a lottery design. Enrolling in a charter school increased eleventh-grade standardized test scores and enrollment and persistence in four-year colleges substantially, but had no effect on high school GPA. Charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, High School Students, Academic Achievement, College Enrollment
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Kula, Fulya; Koçer, Rüya Gökhan – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2020
Difficulties in learning (and thus teaching) statistical inference are well reported in the literature. We argue the problem emanates not only from the way in which statistical inference is taught but also from what exactly is taught as statistical inference. What makes statistical inference difficult to understand is that it contains two logics…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Teaching Methods, Difficulty Level, Comprehension
Tinkel, Dani – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Middle schools often struggle to provide students with the necessary academic rigor to promote academic growth. Many students experience academic stagnation when schools fail to provide appropriate academic services. Dani Tinkel's article examines how the limited priorities of middle school inadvertently promote disengagement and underachievement…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Difficulty Level, Academic Standards
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Reza Kachouie; Stephen Williams; Harsh Suri – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2024
In today's data-centric world, knowledge and skills in business analytics (BA) have become critical for business professionals to the extent that Foundation BA courses are increasingly being recognised globally as the core component of business programs. However, these courses are characterised by large cohorts of students from diverse backgrounds…
Descriptors: Business Education, Data Analysis, Business Administration, Courses
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Joan S. York – Journal of Extension, 2024
This article explores the application of instructional design principles to enhance Extension e-learning programs. The growth of e-learning has led to its incorporation into many organizations, including extension programs, offering opportunities for expanded access to educational content. However, e-learning presents unique challenges, such as…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Extension Education, Barriers
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Johnson, Claudia; Boon, Helen; Dinan Thompson, Maree – Research in Science Education, 2022
Learning objectives outline the knowledge and skills to be taught in a subject, thus signaling what is worth learning and what type of thinking is valued. The aim of this syllabus analysis is to determine the cognitive demand of learning objectives in the recently reformed Queensland physics, chemistry and biology syllabus and to analyse whether…
Descriptors: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science Curriculum
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Beena Joseph; Sajimon Abraham – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2023
Currently, the majority of e-learning lessons created and disseminated advocate a "one-size-fits-all" teaching philosophy. The e-learning environment, however, includes slow learners in a noticeable way, just like in traditional classroom settings. Learning analytics of educational data from a learning management system (LMS) have been…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Management Systems, Slow Learners, Educational Environment
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George C. Bunch – Intercultural Education, 2025
Access to core subject-area curriculum for students from immigrant backgrounds who are learning the dominant language of instruction has long been a barrier to equitable education around the world, especially in secondary schools. This article explores the promise of Complex Instruction (CI) to address barriers to access for such multilingual…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Difficulty Level, Multilingualism, Core Curriculum
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An, Tuyin; Clark, Daniel L.; Lee, Hwa Young; Miller, Emily K.; Weiland, Travis – The Mathematics Educator, 2021
Prospective elementary teacher (PSET) education programs vary greatly in the courses and course sequences employed to prepare their students. This article explores potential tradeoffs that arise for mathematics teacher educators, PSETs, and their future students due to the choices PSET education programs make regarding their design. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Design
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Allen, Jeff; Mattern, Krista; Ndum, Edwin – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
We derived an index of high school academic rigor (HSAR) by optimizing the prediction of first-year college GPA (FYGPA) based on high school courses taken, grades, and indicators of advanced coursework. Using a large data set and nominal parameterization of high school course outcomes, the HSAR index capitalizes on differential contributions…
Descriptors: High Schools, Difficulty Level, Prediction, Grade Point Average
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Bawa, Papia – SAGE Open, 2016
Despite increasing enrollment percentages from earlier years, online courses continue to show receding student retention rates. To reduce attrition and ensure continual growth in online courses, it is important to continue to review current and updated literature to understand the changing behaviors of online learners and faculty in the 21st…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Online Courses, Student Attrition, Misconceptions
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Khamparia, Aditya; Pandey, Babita – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
In this paper we have discussed a novel method which has been developed for representation and retrieval of cases in case based reasoning (CBR) as a part of e-learning system which is based on various student features. In this approach we have integrated Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with Data mining (DM) and CBR. ANN is used to find the…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Instructional Innovation, Electronic Learning, Artificial Intelligence
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Zhang, Min; Yin, Shuaijun; Luo, Meifen; Yan, Weiwei – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Massive open online course (MOOC) learning attracts more and more attention in both the practice and the research field. Finding out what factors influence learners' MOOC adoption is of great importance. This study focuses on learner control, user characteristics and platform difference. Hypotheses and a research model are proposed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology
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Ting, Ding Hooi; Lee, Christina Kwai Choi – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
The aim of this study is to examine the attributes which influence students' selection of electives as part of their university degree programme. Marketing students at a public university in Malaysia participated in the research. Conjoint analysis was used to understand the trade-offs between three attributes when selecting elective subjects.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Public Colleges, Elective Courses
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Kruger, Jan-Louis; Doherty, Stephen – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
The use of video has become well established in education, from traditional courses to blended and online courses. It has grown both in its diversity of applications as well as its content. Such educational video however is not fully accessible to all students, particularly those who require additional visual support or students studying in a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Blended Learning, Online Courses
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