K-12 and higher education educators express generally positive feelings about research on digital learning platforms, with no negative respondents¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Both K-12 and higher education educators expressed positive feelings about DLP research, and no respondents reported negative feelings. → feelings-1

Evidence¶

feelings-1¶

Pautz Stephenson, S., Bradford, B.C., Wortman, A., Robertson, C., Sorrells, C., & Basu Mallick, D. (2026, May). Educator perspectives on research using digital learning platforms. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/295

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Descriptive survey results (frequencies and percentages) from 43 educators; the report states both groups expressed positive feelings and that "no respondents reported negative feelings." Higher education trended toward Very Positive (7) while K-12 trended toward Somewhat Positive and Neutral (6 each).

"Generally, both groups expressed positive feelings about this type of research, and notably, no respondents reported negative feelings."

Discussion¶

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