Students used their assigned ed-tech tools far below recommended levels, and usage declined over the summer¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · design r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Kettle Moraine students averaged 54 minutes per week on TenMarks over 11 weeks, less than a third of the recommended three hours per week, with usage declining week to week. → Christina Luke 2016 q2 i? In Elizabeth Forward, weekly logins decreased dramatically and time using Amplify fell from close to 3.5 hours to just over one hour per week by the end of summer. → Christina Luke 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Christina Luke 2016¶

Christina Luke, Christa M. Simone, Aubrey T. Francisco. (2016). Rapid Cycle Pilots: Summer Ed-Tech Programs. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/8017846c-4099-4af3-92e4-462cd5d6262d doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/26

q2 · i? · design · r2

Product usage data from the Kettle Moraine TenMarks pilot, shown in Figure 3; the report adds that usage declined from week to week, suggesting motivation dwindled, though active weekly users remained relatively stable.

"students at Kettle Moraine engaged with TenMarks for an average of 54 minutes per week over 11 weeks in the summer, which is less than a third of the recommended three hours per week"

Christina Luke 2016 (2)¶

Christina Luke, Christa M. Simone, Aubrey T. Francisco. (2016). Rapid Cycle Pilots: Summer Ed-Tech Programs. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/8017846c-4099-4af3-92e4-462cd5d6262d

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Elizabeth Forward Amplify usage data shown in Figure 8; the report states these low rates of usage may have contributed to the lack of gains in student learning, and that logins decreased dramatically over the five-week program.

"the amount of time using the tool each week decreased from close to 3.5 hours to just over one hour a week by the end of the summer"

Discussion¶

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