The massive emphasis on new external, standardized exams, often with high stakes attached, has intensified the domination of summative tests over curriculum and instruction — even though the research examined by Black and William supports the conclusion that summative assessments tend to have
a negative effect on student learning.
Worse, 13 percent found that reducing class - size actually had
a negative effect on student learning.
The stereotypes they reinforce can permeate classrooms and eat away at trust and respect, and, as a Stanford study showed, can have a measurably
negative effect on student learning and self - esteem.
Payne Carter and her colleagues note that this finding is consistent with a handful of other recent, careful studies in which researchers also found that classroom technology had
negative effects on student learning.
Willingham goes on to say that ignoring research - based principles of learning — for example, that «factual knowledge precedes skills» or that «proficiency requires practice» — can have
negative effects on student learning.
Not exact matches
«Probably the best antidote to
negative expectancy
effects is to never give up
on a
student,» said the report, Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK — 12 Teaching and
Learning.
This article glosses over (ignores) any
negative effect on higher achieving
students by having lower achieving
students present who strike out behaviourally when confronted with
learning environments beyond their capability.
Forty - four percent of respondents believe that having
students spend more time using computers or other digital devices would have a generally positive
effect on student learning, while 35 % believe the
effect would be
negative.
Given these complications, the most that can be said is that the research has not shown licensure by itself to have a
negative or positive
effect on student learning.
My new policy for undergraduates will be to spend 10 minutes
on the first day of class reviewing recent research
on the
negative effects of devices
on student learning (research that I find quite compelling) and then offer
students my recommendation that they put away their devices to the maximum extent possible.
As a result of school closings and
student transfers, teachers, administrators, and parents in a set of receiving schools reported: a) lack of necessary resources, staff, and professional support; b) disruptive and demoralizing climate; c)
negative effects on teaching and
learning; d) problems with safety and discipline; e) schools were «set up for failure» due to a history of declining resources and lack of district support.
The author suggests that a supportive environment based
on social - emotional
learning can help
students reverse the
negative effects of this trauma.
There is solid research (see National Research Council) that HS exit exams have: 1) had no positive
effects on learning; 2) that they have had an adverse
effect on HS graduation particularly for disadvantages
students» and, 3) the
negative effects on HS graduation have been especially egregious for Hispanic females (see Stanford U research).
Are the
effects on student learning positive or
negative?
Greg Duncan, George Farkas, and Katherine Magnuson demonstrate that a child from a poor family is two to four times as likely as a child from an affluent family to have classmates with low skills and behavior problems — attributes which have a
negative effect on the
learning of their fellow
students.
Inappropriate or indiscriminate use of extrinsic rewards has a long - term
negative effect on student motivation to
learn.
It ignores a now broad base of evidence that these policies produce minimal or no positive
effects on student learning and are likely to induce costly,
negative responses in and beyond the classroom.
The ill
effects of high - stakes testing - like narrowing
learning environments to focus solely
on reading, writing, and math, as well as the test - induced increase of high school dropouts — have had a disproportionately
negative impact
on low - income
students and
students of color.
Across all groups of elementary
students, evidence strongly suggests that retention policies rarely produce improved
learning and often have
negative effects on learning as well as attitudes toward school and
learning (McCoy and Reynolds, 1999; Westbury, 1994; Darling - Hammond, 1998).
Another trend — exemplified by the humanizing law school movement — seeks to improve both
learning and
student well - being by decreasing some of the well - documented
negative psychological
effects of law school created in part by the focus
on competition and extrinsic motivation.8 Law schools are beginning to respond to these reports by revising their curricula and preparing for anticipated changes in the American Bar Association (ABA) standards for law school accreditation that will require a greater focus
on student assessment and outcome measures.9
70, § 24 - 100.3 (2009): «The Legislature finds that bullying has a
negative effect on the social environment of schools, creates a climate of fear among
students, inhibits their ability to
learn, and leads to other antisocial behavior.
For many schools, social and emotional
learning (SEL) programs are disconnected and uncoordinated, and can be associated with the
negative effects and fragmentation
on staff morale and
student engagement and
learning (Elias, 2009).
The author suggests that a supportive environment based
on social - emotional
learning can help
students reverse the
negative effects of this trauma.