High School Students Not Waiting For Schools To Go Online

lpress writes UCLA conducts an annual survey of first-time, full-time college freshman and this year they included questions about the use of online education sites like Coursera and The Khan Academy. It turns out that over 40 percent of the incoming freshmen were frequently or occasionally assigned to use an online instructional website during the past year and nearly 70 percent had used online sites on their own. Students enrolling in historically black colleges were much more likely than others to have used online teaching material. They also compile a "habits of mind" index, and conclude that "Students who chose to independently use online instructional websites are also more likely to exhibit behaviors and traits associated with academic success and lifelong learning." The survey covers many other characteristics of incoming freshmen — you can download the full report here

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Of course

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course hose who push them selves are more likely to succeed. What kind of idiot do you have to be to not know that?

It used to be that those who went to college were the ones. Then masters and phd's. Now you need a 4 year degree to work at best buy. Soon you will need a college degree to pick blue berries.

The question is how high can we raise the bar before it collapses? Already we have to import illegals to do jobs that teenagers should be doing.

Trust, but verify

[tomhath]

Did they bother to check if any of the students had really taken a course? Most likely the students were just picking the check box that made them look good. I would bet that the actual % who took a course is far lower.