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The 160-Character Solution: How Text Messaging and Other Behavioral Strategies Can Improve Education
Benjamin L. Castleman
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Description for The 160-Character Solution: How Text Messaging and Other Behavioral Strategies Can Improve Education
Hardback. By focusing on behavioral changes, Castleman demonstrates that small changes in how we ask questions, design applications, and tailor reminders can have remarkable impacts on student and school success. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JMAL; JNK; JNLB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
For decades schools have invested substantial resources in boosting educational outcomes for disadvantaged students, but those investments have not always generated positive outcomes. Although many communities have expanded school choice, for example, families often choose to keep their children in failing schools. And while the federal government has increased the size of Pell Grants, many college-bound students who would be eligible for aid never apply. Then there is the troubling trend of "summer melt," in which up to 40 percent of high school graduates who have been accepted to college, mostly from under served communities, fail to show up for ... Read more
For decades schools have invested substantial resources in boosting educational outcomes for disadvantaged students, but those investments have not always generated positive outcomes. Although many communities have expanded school choice, for example, families often choose to keep their children in failing schools. And while the federal government has increased the size of Pell Grants, many college-bound students who would be eligible for aid never apply. Then there is the troubling trend of "summer melt," in which up to 40 percent of high school graduates who have been accepted to college, mostly from under served communities, fail to show up for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421418742
SKU
V9781421418742
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About Benjamin L. Castleman
Benjamin L. Castleman is an assistant professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for The 160-Character Solution: How Text Messaging and Other Behavioral Strategies Can Improve Education
The 160-Character Solution... argues text messages can be used as one of several behavioral strategies, or 'nudges,' that can help students make informed decisions at key points during their educational careers. Inside Higher Ed ...Castleman proposes simple solutions for big problems. He links empirical research to practical applications that make "interventions highly customized" to facilitate access to a college education ... Read more