Continuous & Consistent Approach to Optimize Learning Outcomes
The rapid developments and increasing complexities of today’s world brings new challenges and demands to our education system. Educators and universities are realizing the importance of improving their learning strategies to perform well in dynamic and digitally advanced environments. In order to overcome this challenge it’s necessary to think about the complexity of the education system itself and the multitude of issues that have to be addressed.
As we think about these issues, we try different ways of studying complex systems to guide us in making effective changes. However, simply working harder on a problem may not always lead to the desired outcome. While it’s important to study diligently to achieve good results, becoming fixated on studying can have negative effects on our physical, mental, and academic well-being.
Recent studies have indicated that the number of students taking up outside help like tuition classes to improve their performance at a young age is increasing alarmingly. After spending 5-6 hours in their primary learning environment, they spend 2-3 hours daily on the secondary source to gain the same knowledge but through different mediums of instruction. However, by doing this, learning becomes ineffective to improve academic performance of the students. Let’s see what parallel learning streams lead to for students:
- Unwanted Pressure:
Even though we see millions of students opting for tuition, this does not automatically imply that they will receive high marks. The secondary learning environment may be able to provide you with more attention as the class size is often smaller but the expectation on students to not just attend two identical lectures but then manage learning expectations from two different instructors. This additional pressure at times is not worth the extra attention the students get.
- Misinterpretation of concepts
Every educator has different styles and pedagogies of teaching. Students adapt the learning in different ways according to their distinct personas. Instructors use different techniques to make learning more effective, like simulation, brainstorming, lecturing, demonstration, and group study. Every form has its specialty that helps students to learn better. But going through multiple teaching processes for the same concept can often result in a chaotic mind. When two teachers have conflicting interpretations, it can be difficult for students to choose the correct approach, leading to poor academic performance.
- Time Management
Student life is a time when they learn many things; aside from studies, they must focus on their personal development and participate in extracurricular activities. Spending 5-6 hours on your primary learning source and then carrying out the same work in a secondary area will not only waste your time but also occupy the student’s time that should be invested in extracurricular activities. They tend to spend less time with their families because the one-on-one classes leave them physically and mentally exhausted after long hours of studying and disturbed sleeping schedules.
- Creating a Dependency
With tuition, students get the excess help and support they don’t always need. This can often create a dependence where students start paying less attention at school as they know they have a backup. This will often remove the aspect of self-discovery and curiosity required for a student to be successful in their later years. It creates a teaching system where teachers “feed” students information to memorize and review for a test or exam and then forget it. When students move from a spoon-fed environment to an environment where they are expected to do things themselves, be curious, ask questions, and not see things as they are, the leap can sometimes be too big for them.
Now, let’s discuss
“how we can create an education strategy that works for students with time management?”
“How can we create a system to help them make their learning effective and stress-accessible?”
“How can we create a system that removes them from spoon-fed knowledge?”
The answer to these questions is: Don’t use different learning styles for the same concept.
Learning strategies becomes more worthwhile if it is consistent and continuous. Here are tips to create an enhanced learning environment:
- Students must level up their education from their primary learning source rather than study the content repeatedly to improve their grades. Rather than going for a new source of learning, educators can integrate technology enhanced learning platforms to maintain consistency in the learning process.
- Every strategy has different methods of assessment and evaluation, some strategies evaluate students performance during the initial stage, some show during the process, while others show results at the end. A unified online assessment process can be introduced to analyze the progress of each student and provide guidance accordingly.
- Students should work independently to increase their learning level after coming from the primary center instead of going to other resources. Digital content creation plays a pivotal role in this, educators can leverage online e-learning platforms to reinforce the knowledge shared in the classroom.
- Learning will only be effective for students if they understand the concept using critical thinking. Students must work on the content by themselves to make their knowledge practical. Digital platforms can provide students with algorithmically automated questions for repeated practice, leading to increased confidence in the gained knowledge.
Therefore, we conclude that multiple tutors are a problematic approach for creating an enhanced learning environment as it takes more time for each student to learn effectively in the multi-tutor model.
The problem is the learning strategies, not the length of primary education. We need to have a consistent plan, not more education.
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- Leverage online assessment and evaluation through inline questions to gain in-depth insights into the learners’ progress
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- Provide algorithmically randomized questions for effective self-evaluation
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Author: Deepali