#academicperformance — Public Fediverse posts

Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes

https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/academics/failing-grades-soar-as-professors-see-greater-ai-usage-dwindling-math-skills-in-uc-berkeley/article_16fad0bf-02cb-4b8c-8d88-888ffd9f8608.html

#HackerNews #AIeducation #MathSkills #BerkeleyCS #FailingGrades #AcademicPerformance #TechnologyImpact

Former teacher gets brutally honest about the ‘denial’ some parents have about their kids’ education

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/former-teacher-gets-brutally-honest-about-denial-some-parents-have-about-their-kids-education-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-teacher-gets-brutally-honest-about-denial-some-parents-have-about-their-kids-education-ex1

Attractive students no longer receive better results as classes moved online

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517652200283X

#HackerNews #AttractiveStudents #OnlineLearning #EducationResearch #AcademicPerformance

Notre Dame: Study of higher education during COVID-19 shutdowns shows certain subjects can be better taught online. “Online learning worked especially well for reasoning-based subjects such as mathematics, where students could pause lectures, rewatch examples and practice problems at their own pace. In contrast, courses such as English that rely on discussion and interpretation, and are […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/22/notre-dame-study-of-higher-education-during-covid-19-shutdowns-shows-certain-subjects-can-be-better-taught-online/

Harvard Gazette: ‘Kids want to read harder stuff’. “…according to a recent talk at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, the trend of American children reading below their grade levels stretches back decades before the pandemic — and teaching methods that fail to adequately challenge students, counterintuitive as it may seem, could be the culprit.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/29/harvard-gazette-kids-want-to-read-harder-stuff/

Former teacher gets brutally honest about the 'denial' some parents have about their kids' education

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/former-teacher-gets-brutally-honest-about-the-denial-some-parents-have-about-their-kids-education-ex1

New TikTok research: Short video use linked to lower academic performance in children https://www.psypost.org/new-tiktok-research-short-video-use-linked-to-lower-academic-performance-in-children/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TikTok #Education #AcademicPerformance #ShortVideos #ChildDevelopment

Generative #AI Usage and #AcademicPerformance https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19699
"… students using GenAI tools score on average 6.71 (out of 100) points lower than non-users. While GenAI tools may offer benefits for #learning and engagement, the way students actually use it correlates with diminished academic outcomes.
… ascribe this result primarily to a learning-hindering mechanism when using GenAI"
#LaborEconomics

Early morning university classes are associated with impaired sleep and academic performance

#University #AcademicPerformance #Sleep #Neuroscience #Neurology

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01531-x