High school teachers report more OpenSciEd engagement challenges than middle school teachers, and urban respondents rate challenges as occurring more often than suburban and rural respondents.¶
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q2 i? Urban respondents rated OpenSciEd-related challenges as occurring more often on average than suburban and rural respondents. → McElhaney 2024
Evidence¶
McElhaney 2024¶
McElhaney, K., Urban, R., Kamdar, D., Baker, A., Tsai, K., and Roschelle, J. (2024). Practitioner-reported Needs for Enacting, Implementing, and Adopting OpenSciEd Curriculum Materials [White paper]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/215
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Setting comparison averaging across all 22 challenges in the survey. The report states "respondents from urban schools rated OpenSciEd-related challenges as occurring more often (5.5 out of 10) than respondents from suburban (4.8 out of 10) and rural schools (4.7 out of 10)."
"respondents from urban schools rated OpenSciEd-related challenges as occurring more often (5.5 out of 10) than respondents from suburban (4.8 out of 10) and rural schools (4.7 out of 10)"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Practitioners most often name students with disabilities (37.4%) and multilingual learners (31.0%) as groups experiencing equity challenges with OpenSciEd. — related
- OpenSciEd practitioners' highest-priority needs group into six areas: student engagement, classroom culture, assessment, materials adaptation, planning/reflection time, and teacher capacity. — related
- Teachers and education leaders differ in which OpenSciEd challenges they prioritize: teachers rate student engagement higher, leaders rate materials adaptation and teacher capacity higher. — related
- The study's generalizability is limited by its rural, small, relatively homogeneous context — related
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High school teachers report more OpenSciEd engagement challenges than middle school teachers, and urban respondents rate challenges as occurring more often than suburban and rural respondents. |
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High school teachers report more OpenSciEd engagement challenges than middle school teachers, and urban respondents rate challenges as occurring more often than suburban and rural respondents. |
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