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Can Khan Move the Bell Curve to the Right?
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Kronholz, June – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
More than 1 million people have watched the online video in which Salman Khan--a charming MIT math whiz, Harvard Business School graduate, and former Boston hedge-fund analyst--explains how he began tutoring his cousins in math by posting short lessons for them on YouTube. Other people began watching the lessons and sending Khan adulatory notes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charter Schools, Algebra, Feedback (Response)
State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada
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Barbour, Michael K. – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2009
The goal of the initial "Snapshot State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada" report was to provide an overview of the state of K-12 online learning in Canada. This was accomplished through the use of short commentaries about the state of K-12 distance education for each province and territory, along with more developed case…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, Online Courses
Examining High-School Students' Preferences toward Learning Environments, Personal Beliefs and Concept Learning in Web-Based Contexts
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Yang, Fang-Ying; Chang, Cheng-Chieh – Computers & Education, 2009
The purpose of the study is to explore three kinds of personal affective traits among high-school students and their effects on web-based concept learning. The affective traits include personal preferences about web-based learning environments, personal epistemological beliefs, and beliefs about web-based learning. One hundred 11th graders…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Epistemology, Student Characteristics, Personality Traits