Early starters (<5 min delay) show greater outcome growth while chronic delayers (>13 min) show negative trends relative to regular starters¶
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q2 i? Relative to students in neither sub-group, early starters outperformed by .11 SD in math and .15 SD in ELA, while chronic delayers underperformed by .13 SD in math and .11 SD in ELA. → Jordan Gutterman 2026
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Jordan Gutterman 2026¶
Jordan Gutterman, Ashish Gurung, Lee Branstetter, Kenneth Koedinger, and Vincent Aleven. (2026). Cross-Subject Predictive Validity for Learning Outcomes of Delayed Start Behavior. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.25308 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.25308
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Regressions with sub-group dummies (Table 3) on the 711-student sample: early starters (19.7% of sample) β=.11 (p=.07) math, .15 (p=.02) ELA; chronic delayers (19.4%) β=-.13 (p=.05) math, -.11 (p=.11) ELA.
"Early starters outperformed the baseline group of regular starters by .11 SD in math and .15 SD in ELA; the chronic delayers underperformed regular starters by .13 SD in math and .11 SD in ELA."
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Related Claims¶
- Delayed start during math practice predicts standardized ELA test performance (β=.10 SD, p<.001) — related
- Delayed start during math practice predicts standardized math test performance (β=-.07 SD, p=.02) — related
- Classroom-relativized delayed start shows stronger predictive power and model fit than raw minutes, especially for ELA outcomes — related
- Total time on task in the DLP positively predicts both math and ELA outcomes — related
- Sensitivity analysis finds outcome gains significant at cut-points below 5 minutes and beyond 13-15 minutes of delayed start in both subjects — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Early starters (<5 min delay) show greater outcome growth while chronic delayers (>13 min) show negative trends relative to regular starters |
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Early starters (<5 min delay) show greater outcome growth while chronic delayers (>13 min) show negative trends relative to regular starters |
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