K-12 educators value product-improvement research more, and individual-adaptation research less, than higher education educators¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? K-12 participants felt more strongly about the need to improve product functionality, features, and experiences than higher ed participants, yet slightly less strongly about enhancing tools to adapt to individual learning preferences. → goals-k12-1

Evidence¶

goals-k12-1¶

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 comparing K-12 and higher education rankings of research goals (Figure 5). The report states the group contrast in the quoted sentence; no effect size is printed.

"K-12 participants felt more strongly about the need to improve product functionality, features, and experiences than higher ed participants, yet slightly less strongly in the need to enhance tools and features to better adapt to individual learning preferences"

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