7/9/2020
Differential Responses to Personalized Learning Recommendations
PURPOSE: Educators are increasingly embracing personalized learning programs such as Lexia® Core5® Reading as a means of focusing students’ time into learning activities tailored to their individual needs. The aim of this study was to investigate how well students using Core5 responded to changes in personalized usage recommendations in the program.
METHOD: The approach used here examined whether changes in student behaviors—such as increased or decreased usage times—were time-locked to changes in Core5’s usage recommendations.
KEY FINDINGS
- Students’ weekly usage times in Core5 were generally not closely aligned to use recommendations in the program.
- Students’ weekly usage times in Core5 were shown to shift when personalized usage recommendations changed, reflecting both the direction (up/down) and amount of recommended change.
- Students who meet or exceed their usage recommendations were more likely than those who did not to stay on track toward their end-of-year benchmark in Core5.
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