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Has anyone ever evaluated different online education approaches and how they work for the not smart kids? I know it is sacrilege to say that some kids are natu
by narrator 5y ago
Has anyone ever evaluated different online education approaches and how they work for the not smart kids?
I know it is sacrilege to say that some kids are naturally more or less talented than others, but most of the unending and relentless crisis in education it seems is with the kids who are not naturally talented.
Maybe these online courses could do a better job at finding out what people are actually good at and focus their learning in those areas?
- gabelschlager 5y agoI think real research in this regard is still rare. For one, because not many software solutions exists. But more importantly, performing research studies in schools tend to be difficult (as parents, teachers, the school, etc. have to agree to it). One recent approach in Germany, I'm aware of, was teaching students with an online text book, that immediately offered feedback for exercises and provided other helpful tips. The software was used to enhance the traditional teaching, not to replace it. All in all, students using it tended to perform better on exams, no matter how smart they previously were (though bad students were still worse than the good students using the software). So all in all, it seems to be a viable approach.