Re:How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids from How to ‘Do School’ Could Im...
by nshepperd on Sunday December 21, 2014 @09:27AM
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The program was called "maths pathway". There are some charts on their website; now that I look at them it looks more like 4-5x. And that was compared to the same school before the introduction of the mastery learning program, I believe.
> Anecdotally, everyone I know who has tried code-learning sites experiences getting stuck (sometimes on a broken problem) and they soon drop out - they don't see the point of progressing any further.
I imagine the situation would be different with an actual human teacher one could ask for help.
Compared to a control group, or to the national average? To me, 2x seems extremely low for a group of students receiving special or individualised treatment - but please do link.
> Only because we are forced to progress without even trying to fix "I don't really get this topic".
Not 'only', I disagree.
There are existing systems like this: e.g. certain learn-to-program websites. How many people reach the end point?
Anecdotally, everyone I know who has tried code-learning sites experiences getting stuck (sometimes on a broken problem) and they soon drop out - they don't see the point of progressing any further.