Machine-Guided Learning Matches Teachers In Study 76
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from the open-your-books-to-beep-boop-beep dept.
from the open-your-books-to-beep-boop-beep dept.
New submitter dougled writes "A study at six universities found that students taught statistics mainly through software learned as much as peers taught primarily by humans. And the robots got the job done more quickly. '... our results indicate that hybrid-format students took about one-quarter less time to achieve essentially the same learning outcomes as traditional-format students.' They add, 'There is every reason to expect these systems to improve over time, perhaps dramatically, and thus it is not foolish to believe that learning outcomes will also improve.'"
And this is a success? (Score:4, Informative)
Gosh, from the Fermi's [wikipedia.org] way of teaching to this? In a space of... what??... last 20-30 years?