Taking intermittent quizzes reduces achievement gaps and enhances online learning, even in highly distracting environments

By: Jason C.K. Chan, Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University, Zohara Assadipour, Graduate Student in Cognitive Psychology, Iowa State University Inserting brief quiz questions into an online lecture can boost learning and may reduce racial achievement gaps, even when students are tuning in remotely in a distracting environment. That’s a main finding of our recent […]
Goodwill created a new high school for dropouts − it led to better jobs and higher wages

By: Patrick Turner, Associate Research Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame When Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana realized most of the clients in its job-training program lacked a high school diploma, it set out to address the issue. In 2010, with the help of per-pupil funding from the state, the nonprofit opened The Excel […]