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Online Mathematics Homework Increases Student Achievement, Jeremy Roschelle, Mingyu Feng, Robert F. Murphy, Craig A. Mason Oct 2016

Online Mathematics Homework Increases Student Achievement, Jeremy Roschelle, Mingyu Feng, Robert F. Murphy, Craig A. Mason

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In a randomized field trial with 2,850 seventh-grade mathematics students, we evaluated whether an educational technology intervention increased mathematics learning. Assigning homework is common yet sometimes controversial. Building on prior research on formative assessment and adaptive teaching, we predicted that combining an online homework tool with teacher training could increase learning. The online tool ASSISTments (a) provides timely feedback and hints to students as they do homework and (b) gives teachers timely, organized information about students’ work. To test this prediction, we analyzed data from 43 schools that participated in a random assignment experiment in Maine, a state that provides …


Board Of Trustees April 26, 1982, University Of Maine System Apr 1982

Board Of Trustees April 26, 1982, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees January 25, 1982, University Of Maine System Jan 1982

Board Of Trustees January 25, 1982, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees February 26, 1974, University Of Maine System Feb 1974

Board Of Trustees February 26, 1974, University Of Maine System

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