The 7 Most (And Least) Effective Ways To Improve Student Achievement

Originally from a post by Ian Jukes on June 3, 2013

“Katie Lepi features a great infographic in the following article she wrote for Edudemic. More than anything, we want learning to have a profound impact on our students—the kind that makes them want to be learners for life.”

via Edudemic

There are a lot of different theories out there on what works and what doesn’t in education. The infographic below showcases the results of a study that looked at a number of different items and if they negatively or positively affected student achievement. The scope of these projects is rather huge – over 50,000 studies including over 240 million students!  While the research is based on the work of one individual and his team, the 7 most positive and negative ways to improve student achievement are quite interesting. Read on to find out more.

7 ‘Top Effects’

• Self reported grades/student expectations
• Teacher credibility
• Feedback
• Phonics instruction
• Classroom management
• Parental involvement
• Cooperative learning

7 ‘Bottom Effects’

• Principals / School Leaders
• Homework
• Class Size
• Extra Curricular Programs
• Ability Grouping
• Gender
• Open vs. Traditional learning spaces

The Third Teacher Redux

The Third Teacher

The Third Teacher on Prezi

John Hattie's Visible Learning

Visible Learning from St Mary Star of the Sea College

There was a lot of talk at the October 12th OMCA meeting about John Hattie's book Visible Learning.  Though this is no substitute for reading the text itself, or the more easily digested Visible Learning for Teachers, please take a moment to look through the above slide presentation to get a taste of what the book explores in regards to positive or negative correlation of several factors in the learning achievement of students.  Many of the findings may surprise you.