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In a traditional class room its not possible to collect that data in a practical sense. Teachers are already over worked and technology is in short supply. Whic
by ianl 16y ago
In a traditional class room its not possible to collect that data in a practical sense. Teachers are already over worked and technology is in short supply. Which is why tools like these are not available, its only possible here because all students are interacting with the khanacademy.org system.
- piguy314 16y agoLow hanging fruit: -Import scantron test data into a database to analyze which questions students got right/wrong (http://www.scantron.com/cognition/faqs.aspx http://www.scantron.com/cognition/faqs.aspx) -Analyze teachers gradebooks (most are already in excel or an LMS) to see which types of assignments students excel/do poorly at. -Provide comprehensive SAT9/STAR/PISA test data to schools for analysis on individual student strengths/weakesses Seems like the problem is not necessarily lack of data... In fact when the freakonomics team applied econometric analysis to large quantities of data already possessed by the Chicago school district they were able to prove cheating on standardized tests (http://www.wikisummaries.org/Freakonomics:_A_Rogue_Economist_Explores_the_Hidden_Side_of_Everything#Chapter_1:_What_Do_Schoolteachers_and_Sumo_Wrestlers_Have_in_Common.3F http://www.wikisummaries.org/Freakonomics:_A_Rogue_Economist...)