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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

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As part of the experiment, students at randomly selected colleges were shown encouraging messages after choosing an incorrect answer during online quizzes, and Pearson later published a paper on its “social-psychological interventions.” One example cited was a Pearson A/B test that earned negative media coverage a few years ago.

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged. The overarching result that emerged from my personal experimentation and research was determining a framework of six categories to cultivate a student’s attention.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

PhotoVoice is a visual method used to understand the world through the eyes of those experiencing it. It is often used as a research method in the social sciences and is typically used to study underserved populations and how they experience life—such as homeless youth, victims of trauma, and many more.

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged. The overarching result that emerged from my personal experimentation and research was determining a framework of six categories to cultivate a student’s attention.

Attention 111
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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

PhotoVoice is a visual method used to understand the world through the eyes of those experiencing it. It is often used as a research method in the social sciences and is typically used to study underserved populations and how they experience life—such as homeless youth, victims of trauma, and many more.