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Lang, Charles William McLeod – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Personalization, the idea that teaching can be tailored to each students' needs, has been a goal for the educational enterprise for at least 2,500 years (Regian, Shute, & Shute, 2013, p.2). Recently personalization has picked up speed with the advent of mobile computing, the Internet and increases in computer processing power. These changes…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Electronic Learning, Mathematics, Bayesian Statistics
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Andrew, Megan; Hauser, Robert M. – Social Forces, 2011
Sociologists have long used educational expectations to understand the complex mental processes underlying individuals' educational decision making. Yet, little research evaluates how students actually formulate their educational expectations. Status attainment theory asserts that students adopt their educational expectations early based on family…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Grade Point Average, Family Characteristics, Academic Achievement