Students find OpenSciEd units relevant and coherent, with over 90% reporting relevance and 87% reporting the lesson ties to the bigger picture¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? More than 90% of students reported instruction to be relevant to them, across racial backgrounds, including during remote pandemic enactment. → McElhaney et al. 2023 q2 i? 87% of students reported understanding how the day's lesson ties to the bigger picture, indicating perceived coherence. → McElhaney et al. 2023

Evidence¶

McElhaney et al. 2023¶

McElhaney, K. W., Mills, K., Kamdar, D., Baker, A., & Roschelle, J. (2023, March). A summary and synthesis of initial OpenSciEd research: Updated version [White paper]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/171

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports SEET survey analyses from OpenSciEd field tests; the printed figure is that "more than 90% of students reported instruction to be relevant to them in some way", a descriptive percentage with no effect size.

"Based on analyses of the SEET administered during field tests, more than 90% of students reported instruction to be relevant to them in some way; this pattern was observed across students' racial backgrounds (Edelson et al., 2021; OpenSciEd, 2019)."

"Analyses of the SEET also revealed that 87% of students reported understanding how that day's lesson "ties to the bigger picture" of what was being studied, indicating a high level of coherence as perceived by students (OpenSciEd, 2021)."

Discussion¶

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• The Student Electronic Exit Ticket (SEET) is useful for gathering student perspectives on coherence, relevance, and participation during OpenSciEd enactment — related