Education Reform: Technology is a Tool, to Bridge Latino Education Gap
Education Reform: Technology is a Tool, Not Silver Bullet, to Bridge Latino Education Gap
Education Reform: by Elianne Ramos, 07/27/2012
When it comes to education, in spite of some refreshing news lately, Latino youth present a well documented and very troubling picture. On average, Hispanic students tend to perform far below their peers, have the highest dropout rates, and have the lowest college completion rates. This disheartening fact has enormous consequences for our community and the country, in a world that demands more and more education, particularly in technology and science-related fields.
In light of the Department of Education’s recent announcement of an ambitious plan to get digital textbooks and tablets into the hands of all students in five years, one certainly hopes that Latino kids – who still lag in broadband access at home – are not the ones lost in the shuffle once schools begin adopting technology more widely.
Tom McDonald’s Comments:
Below grade, at risk, English language learners, have done very well advancing individual learning outcomes in ELA and Math, with truly personalized, learning technology:
Advanced English Learners pass rates up to 78%.
We must learn, follow and integrate into the classroom, brain based, research proven, classroom proven, learner centric, learning methodologies, to advance ALL individual student learning outcomes, in the most effective and efficient way possible.
All of the proven learning research supports the new learning model: ” Teacher facilitated, truly personalized learning, over time, with teacher facilitated, truly personalized reinforcement, over time, in a teacher facilitated, blended learning environment, over time”.
This is a truly personalized, learner centric, 1:1 learning environment.
Traditionally this has not been possible because it was not affordable, nor scalable to large numbers of students.
Enter, instructor facilitated, truly personalized learning technology.
Each student is assessed for competency, then delivered a customized personalized course plan, specific to what they individually don’t know. (For English Language Learners, the instruction is in both English and Spanish to accelerate content and language learning).
This is individually, spaced, paced and reinforced, over time, through personalized study sessions, creating individual fluency/mastery of critical must know information, in the shortest individual time possible.
This is all done automatically via a digital tutor and is individually facilitated by and instructor (up to 200 students can be online facilitated by one instructor).
This truly personalized learning software has been available since 2000 and has delivered the following individual advanced learning outcomes:
More Stimulation per Minute of Study
300% Improvement in Retained Learning per Hour of Study
11% less study time, 22% less test time, and 95% higher test scores
and
Turnkey eLearning application for California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE);
Advanced English Learners pass rates up to 78%;
Advanced Special Education learners pass rates up to 50%;
Advanced Traditional education learners pass rates up to 100%.
Customized, annualized, CAHSEE, Return on Investment (ROI), economic validations, have ranged between 800% and 4,000%+
The reason that this is so successful is that it seamlessly integrates brain based, research proven, classroom proven, learning methodologies into the software so that each and every student has a teacher facilitated, consistent, truly personalized, effective and efficient learning experience.
Ready made content (Math/ELA) can be included, or the software can be adjusted to allow each student to enter their choice of critical must know content, creating a truly personalized, adaptive learning system.
Another advantage, directly because of the above, is that content takes 50% less time to create.
Instructor facilitated, truly personalized learning technology is available, affordable, scalable and classroom proven, to advance all learners learning outcomes.
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Related Education Reform Learning Performance Improvement Information:
Strategic Performance Improvement Consulting:
- Oversaw learning measurement-training evaluation strategy for the 18 Department of Defense Intelligence (DoD) Colleges
- Guided Booz Allen’s Learning & Development (L&D) leadership in developing solutions for improving the delivery of enterprise-wide, self-paced training courses.
- Implemented BOA’s first-ever comprehensive measurement strategy around its learning programs based on business impact, adoption and penetration, critical feedback, and an approach to using benchmarking to compare results.
- Invented and championed Technology Assisted Sampling Tool for Evaluation (TASTE), an innovative tool to enhance productivity
Personalized Learning Technology:
- More Stimulation per Minute of Study
- 300% Improvement in Retained Learning per Hour of Study
- 11% less study time, 22% less test time, and 95% higher test scores
What is an Intelligent Tutoring System?
- More Stimulation per Minute of Study
- 300% Improvement in Retained Learning per Hour of Study
- 11% less study time, 22% less test time, and 95% higher test scores
- Including…How Long does it take to change a Habit?
- Why does Blended Learning Advance Individual Learning and Individual Learning Transfer (Application)?
- What is learning Technology and Why does it Advance Learning in a Teacher Facilitated, Blended Learning Environment?
Two Models for Educational Technology
- One to Many
- One to One
- Which Approach is Research Validated to Advance Individual Learning?
Education and Accelerated Learning:
- What is Accelerated Learning and Why does it work?
- Why is Learning Important?
How to Transfer Training (Learning):
- What does it take to Transfer Learning and why is Learning Transfer Important?
The New Learning Model with Supporting Research Validation:
- More Stimulation per Minute of Study
- 300% Improvement in Retained Learning per Hour of Study
- 11% less study time, 22% less test time, and 95% higher test scores
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My deliverables to you are: (I) Improved Learning Outcomes and Increased Competence; a. Retention to fluency (95% vs. 28%), b. Behavior change through accountable reinforcement, c. Improved application, d. Advanced individual performance and e. Advanced organization performance.
You will ensure that every person reaches true mastery* in the shortest amount of time. Mastery* produces people who have the adaptive reasoning skills required to effectively apply knowledge to new situations.
*Mastery is required where appropriate information application is critical to achieve a desired outcome; For example, Education: K-12, Higher, Corporate, Government; Medical; Medical Continuing Medical Education – Performance Improvement; Safety; Sales Performance; Aviation; Military; Individual Certifications and Individual Continuing Education.
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