Experiment: Pay students to tackle learning loss

Re:Experiment: Pay students to tackle learning loss by baskethead on Monday June 20, 2022 @12:41PM (#31812453)

I think it's a good idea, but I also envision a lot of cheating just to get free money. If they can tailor this so that cheating isn't possible then I think it's a great idea for some areas of the country.

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Re:Experiment: Pay students to tackle learning loss by PragmaticPulp on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:08PM (#31813555)

The obvious solution is to pay everyone when they reach the achievement levels, not just the people who fell behind and then caught up.

Having worked with kids before: Kids and young people will game the hell out of any incentive structure put in front of them with terrifying efficiency. If anyone gets the idea that they can make some money by falling behind and then catching up later, a significant number of students will start falling behind so then can execute whatever catch-up maneuvers get them their payout.

So sidestep the issue completely and pay everyone when they reach the achievement threshold.

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Re:Experiment: Pay students to tackle learning loss by rahimnathwani on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:49PM (#31814082)

"pay everyone when they reach the achievement threshold"

They're paying people for activity (input) not achievement (output).

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Re:Experiment: Pay students to tackle learning loss by okwubodu on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:08PM (#31812770)

After a certain point, cheating at scale is just studying.

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Re:Experiment: Pay students to tackle learning loss by londons_explore on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @02:37AM (#31820644)

Financially it's the same as just giving everyone free money, but then fining the people who fail to graduate.

But mentally that feels very different.

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