Sentences with phrase «of nudging students»

Second, Greene focuses on the potential downsides of nudging students to follow through on their postsecondary intentions and plans.

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She describes what happened when she entered the student library: «As I returned some books, a gaggle of girls stared at me from their revision corner, nudging each other and pretending to study.

Smarter Lunchrooms & Cafeteria Environments A Smarter Lunchroom nudges students to make healthier choices when provided with the full spectrum of choice.

Active Physics homework, homework revision and in - class problems are similarly designed to nudge students to dig into the physics instead of letting it wash over them.

Every aspect of Active Physics is designed to nudge students to be more engaged in learning and to think more and memorize less.

In my mind this begs an important question, and highlights the primary point of disagreement I have with Greene's assessment of nudging: While we continue to advocate for legislative and bureaucratic solutions to burdensome procedures and applications, should we intervene to support students to make more active and informed decisions during these critical junctures, or should we let them figure it out for themselves?

I also am in complete agreement with Greene about the importance of investigating whether nudge strategies that encourage students to enroll or stay in college lead to holistic improvements in their medium - and long - term outcomes.

Greene's contention is that any kind of nudge subtly imposes our judgment on to students of what is an optimal educational pathway or outcome, and that these «educational prods are much more likely to be intrusive and much less likely to be effective.»

The status quo of complex information, complicated processes, and limited access to professional assistance are nudges in their own right: a confusing financial aid application, an unanticipated application fee, the lack of opportunity to visit a college campus all have the potential to convey the message that «college isn't for you» to a hard - working, talented, but socioeconomically disadvantaged student.

This is not to dispute the importance of additional research to investigate the particular settings in and populations with which nudge strategies are most effective, or the mechanisms through which nudges affect students» decisions, but rather to observe that, in fact, multiple researchers have demonstrated, through well - designed experiments, positive impacts from nudge strategies.

Each of these actions is positively associated with student success — but are these behaviors that nudges can positively influence and sustain over time?

Life — ours and those of our students — nudges us.

In addition to a successful replication of the summer melt study that my colleague Lindsay Page and I conducted, numerous other researchers have demonstrated that behavioral nudge strategies, from integrating financial aid application support into the income tax preparation process to sending college students reminders to renew their financial aid, can lead to large improvements in college entry and persistence.

Yet, educational software has been slow in adopting nudges as a way of improving student outcomes.

The good news is that, for students in both groups, a dollop of information or a helpful nudge can change their decisions.

Thus, I nudge students to optimize those areas that afford development of their potential in the cognitive and affective domains.

«Nudges» Are Helping UW Tacoma Students Graduate on Time (Seattle Times) Notes the findings of Zack Mabel, an HGSE doctoral candidate, who found that «nudges» led to a 14 percent decrease in dropouts between the fall and spring semesters and a 6 percent increase in college complNudges» Are Helping UW Tacoma Students Graduate on Time (Seattle Times) Notes the findings of Zack Mabel, an HGSE doctoral candidate, who found that «nudges» led to a 14 percent decrease in dropouts between the fall and spring semesters and a 6 percent increase in college complnudges» led to a 14 percent decrease in dropouts between the fall and spring semesters and a 6 percent increase in college completion.

Maine has decided to convert its technical colleges into community colleges through enactment of fast - track, bipartisan legislation that state leaders hope will nudge more students into higher education.

After a little nudging from peers, a student named Jessica starts reading, quickly, in the voice of a character she created, a woman who was born in Africa, kidnapped by fellow Africans, and sold into slavery in North America.

Instead of having students use this powerful tool just to make a plot summary, Burg suggests nudging them toward activities that will generate higher - order questions and more analytical thinking.

First, counselors can nudge students to expand their understanding of service; rather than framing it as «doing for,» counselors can help students see it as «doing with.»

The bottom - line for those looking to nudge their students towards an entrepreneurial path is pretty obvious; While it's certainly great to praise your kids» skills and work ethic, it's just as important to bring to life for them the benefits of this dream and the everyday advantages of being a business owner.

In this manner, the Digital Youth Network has adopted and adapted a popular social - networking feature to nudge students» activities toward a greater realization of a particular academic goal — in this case, media literacy.

Policy efforts that raised the floor and eased the achievement gap did so at the expense of strong students, who were already nudging the ceiling.

So we get into the middle of student processes, correcting and nudging and answering questions before we need to, because that's what we think teaching is — doing things.

Studies on evaluation reform efforts in Cincinnati, Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Washington, D.C. have found that comprehensive evaluation systems can help identify teachers who need to improve their practice, nudge low - performing teachers out of the profession, and, ultimately, boost student achievement.

In Tacoma and 16 other cities across the nation, school districts are boosting student attendance by sending home what they call «nudge» letters when students miss too many days of school.

Like the voting and energy efforts, the nudge letters include a tally of a student's absences — a number that research shows parents usually underestimate.

We have a number of studies that look at short - term and narrow effects of nudges to get students into college.

That is, students who didn't think they were ready for college but were pushed into attending may have difficulty finishing and other students who enroll later may be better prepared at that point to succeed, causing the overall effect of these nudges to be null or even negative.

Critics of charter schools say, among other complaints, that they drain money from regular public schools, skim talented students and nudge out disruptive ones.

The number of K - 12 students identified as missing too much school fell from 136,000 to 129,000 children in total, nudging the statewide chronic absenteeism rate from 10.3 to 9.7 percent.

The Common Core will — by design — make some courses more difficult for many students, and for marginal students that may be enough to nudge them out of school altogether.

When unpacking the goal for a coaching cycle, we try to honor these skills and also nudge teachers to think about how to ensure that students are using them in the context of real reading.

The writers in this issue of EL encourage teachers to accept kids of all varieties and abilities, understanding that helping students learn requires «different strokes for different folks» — a nudging encouragement for some, creative teaching strategies for others.

Even a teacher who is content to use geospatial tools at the current, shallow level of representation (Figure 3) will be nudged toward more sophisticated uses, whether via student project work with geospatial tools or by adopting materials produced by teaching colleagues, curriculum support staff, or social studies education researchers.

You recommend books to students, encourage them to try new genres, and nudge them toward more informational text with the advent of the Common Core State Standards.

The cooking instruction spills over into their inner lives, nudging each student to explore and, of course, cook.

While rising rents and lack of inventory might nudge renters into buying a home, National Association of Realtors ® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun points out that tight credit standards, student debt, and the growth of multigenerational households are contributing to the lowest number of first - time home buyers in decades (as shown in the 2014 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers).