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Behavioral Engagement Shifts Among At-Risk High School Students Enrolled In Online Courses, Jennifer Darling-Aduana
Behavioral Engagement Shifts Among At-Risk High School Students Enrolled In Online Courses, Jennifer Darling-Aduana
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Academic behaviors such as attendance are highly associated with academic outcomes. High schools are also increasingly turning to online courses to educate their most marginalized students. In this study, I explored the extent to which enrollment in an online course improved engagement and allowed students to make course progress online outside the traditional school day by examining within-student changes in academic behaviors. Students completed their online course in fewer class periods than required to complete a comparable course in a traditional, face-to-face instructional setting. At the same time, students attended, on average, three additional days of school when enrolled in …