Broadband and Student Performance Gaps

Hampton, Karl; Fernandez, Laleah; Robertson, Craig T.; Bauer, J. M.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3614074

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“…However, these shifts are already proving to have a disproportionately negative effect on women's employment and productivity, threatening to further exacerbate existing hiring, promotion, and income disparities in the longer term (Vincent-Lamarre et al, 2020). Similarly, findings that remote learning is disproportionally causing minoritized and underserved students to fall behind in school also suggest that public health responses to the pandemic may amplify existing inequities that range far beyond a single lost year of school (Alliance for Excellent Education, 2020; Hampton et al, 2020).…”

Section: Anticipatory Brittlenessmentioning

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Behavioral brittleness: the case for strategic behavioral public policy

Schmidt

Stenger

2021

Behav. Public Policy

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Despite widespread recognition that behavioral public policy (BPP) needs to move beyond nudging if the field is to achieve more significant impact, problem-solving approaches remain optimized to achieve tactical success and are evaluated by short-term metrics with the assumption of stable systems. As a result, current methodologies may contribute to the development of solutions that appear well formed but become ‘brittle’ in the face of more complex contexts if they fail to consider important contextual cues, broader system forces, and emergent conditions, which can take three distinct forms: contextual, systemic, and anticipatory brittleness. The Covid-19 pandemic and vaccination rollout present an opportunity to identify and correct interventional brittleness with a new methodological approach – strategic BPP (SBPP) – that can inform the creation of more resilient solutions by embracing more diverse forms of evidence and applied foresight, designing interventions within ecosystems, and iteratively developing solutions. To advance the case for adopting a SBPP and ‘roughly right’ modes of inquiry, we use the Covid-19 vaccination rollout to define a new methodological roadmap, while also acknowledging that taking a more strategic approach may challenge current BPP norms.

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Section: Anticipatory Brittlenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral brittleness: the case for strategic behavioral public policy

Schmidt

Stenger

2021

Behav. Public Policy

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“…Further, a study that was conducted by Hampton et al (2020) revealed that those students who rely only on a cell phone for Internet access have more significant performance gaps than those who do not have access to the internet at home. Because students are deficient with online learning devices, Chua et al (2020) suggested that for the e-learning assessment in the Philippine setting, teachers should consider the device, among others.…”

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Higher Education Students’ Challenges on Flexible Online Learning Implementation in the Rural Areas: A Philippine Case

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Jerodiaz

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IJLTER

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The COVID-19 Pandemic has led Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Philippines to replace on-campus learning with flexible learning. This paper explores the students' challenges on flexible online learning implementation of the university in the rural area based on their background and experience. This employed quantitative and qualitative methods through a survey and an interview respectively sought to gather data from 639 university students. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and narrative analysis. Results revealed that most mothers are high school graduates, while fathers enjoy an elementary-level and belong to under low-income families. Most students possess just mobile phones and use mobile data as their primary internet access source, ranging from moderate to poor connection. Also, the majority are not fully equipped with enough skills in digital media. For challenges, students experienced the unavailability of a network, economic instability, digital divide, the shortage of digital devices, distractive learning environment, expensive internet data, health-related problems, lack of resources, lack of digital literacy skills, and loss of motivation .Hence, even if flexible online learning is the best solution for the university to replace face-to-face classes, it is not best applicable and suitable to all students living in rural areas or other places with an unstable network and students who belong to financially unstable families. Administrators and educators have to consider alternative learning modes that suit students' backgrounds during the pandemic, like using non-digital technologies.

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“…One serious problem detected is that several of these schools have low to no internet access. This leaves students in these schools at a great disadvantage as they are colossally left behind regarding the digital space and are supposedly highly disadvantaged as they pursue the world of work or further studies which are driven by the digital age (Hampton et al, 2018). The absence of these technologically advanced tools also hinders students' preparation for the fast-growing global digital space (Rodriguez, 2018).…”

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Lived Experience of Literacy Coaches in the Technology-based Classrooms to improve Students’ Literacy among Non-traditional High Schools in Jamaica

Bent-Cunningham

Prof.

2021

EAJESS

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Purpose of the study: This research sought to investigate the extent to which the Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education (APSE) program implemented in Jamaica to address deficits in literacy has worked in addressing the apparent achievement gap which is so evident among students in Non- traditional High schools. The research also sought to determine what kind of support is needed for Literacy coaches and literacy teachers to maximize these students’ learning opportunities. This qualitative phenomenological study employed the thematic text analysis approach. This study selected pathway /literacy coaches based on the Secondary school/ Non- traditional high schools selected for the study. The research attempted to investigate the challenges that these seven coaches experienced in integrating technology in their guiding of the Apse program in improving students learning challenges in Literacy. The research found that students in the Apse program were mainly at-risk children who came from low-income homes and who were predominantly boys who had learning difficulties. It was concluded that more technological resources were needed in Non- traditional schools. The Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education (APSE) program has a high accountability measure which helped to improve students’ performance in Literacy. The researcher recommends increased personnel in guidance departments to stem behavioral issues, policy development for increased technological integration in schools, and more accountability measures for students.

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Broadband and Student Performance Gaps

Cited by 91 publications

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Behavioral brittleness: the case for strategic behavioral public policy

Behavioral brittleness: the case for strategic behavioral public policy

Higher Education Students’ Challenges on Flexible Online Learning Implementation in the Rural Areas: A Philippine Case

Lived Experience of Literacy Coaches in the Technology-based Classrooms to improve Students’ Literacy among Non-traditional High Schools in Jamaica

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