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Study of Deeper Learning: Opportunities and Outcomes

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The Study of Deeper Learning: Opportunities and Outcomes examines how some schools have provided opportunities for students to acquire deeper learning skills and how these opportunities are related to student outcomes. The deeper learning theory of action assumes that opportunities to engage in deeper learning activities help students to develop three types of deeper learning competencies: cognitive (mastery of core content, critical thinking skills), interpersonal (collaboration skills, communication skills), and intrapersonal (learning-how-to-learn skills, academic mindsets).

Read about the research of the first cohort of the AERA-Deeper Learning Fellows and learn more about the Fellowship Program >>

Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the study includes 20 high schools that focus on deeper learning skills (“network schools”) as well as a matched sample of comparison (“non-network”) schools. All twenty schools belonged to one of ten deeper learning networks and had a mature and at least moderately well-implemented approach to promoting deeper learning.

In a series of reports, AIR researchers compare the strategies and cultures, students’ deeper learning opportunities, and student outcomes between students who attended network schools and non-network schools. In addition, exploratory analyses also examine relationships among opportunities for deeper learning, deeper learning competencies, and students’ on-time high school graduation.

AIR is conducting a follow-up study that will examine the impact of deeper learning on students’ civic engagement, college, and early workforce outcomes 6 years after high school graduation.

Briefs and Reports

Summary of Study Results - Does Deeper Learning Improve Student Outcomes? Results from the Study of Deeper Learning

Brief, August 2016 (PDF)
An overview of research findings from the study, as of August 2016 (PDF).

The Shape of Deeper Learning: Strategies, Structures, and Cultures in Deeper Learning Network High Schools

Report #1, September 2014
Research question: What strategies, structures, and cultures are common among deeper learning network schools, and how do they differ from those observed in non-network schools?

Providing Opportunities for Deeper Learning

Report #2, September 2014
Research question: Do students attending deeper learning network schools experience more opportunities for deeper learning than they would have experienced in similar non-network schools?

Evidence of Deeper Learning Outcomes

Report #3, September 2014
Research question: Do students attending deeper learning network schools experience better outcomes than similar students in matched non-network schools?

  • Graduation Advantage Persists for Students in Deeper Learning Network High Schools
    Brief, March 2016

    UPDATED FINDINGS: Are students attending deeper learning network schools more likely to graduate from high school than similar students in matched non-network schools?
     
  • Deeper Learning and College Enrollment - What Happens After High School?
    Brief, August 2016
    UPDATED FINDINGS: Are students attending deeper learning network schools more likely to enroll in college than similar students in matched non-network schools?

Deeper Learning and High School Graduation: Is There a Relationship?

Report #4, August 2016
Research question: How are opportunities for deeper learning, deeper learning competencies, and on-time high school graduation interrelated?

School Features and Student Opportunities for Deeper Learning: What Makes a Difference?

Report #5, October 2016
Research question: Which school features (such as teacher beliefs, teacher professional community, and leadership) make a difference in providing students opportunities to engage in deeper learning?

  • School Features and Student Opportunities for Deeper Learning What Makes a Difference?
    Brief, October 2016

    Are there certain school features that facilitate a school’s ability to provide deeper learning opportunities?

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Kristina Zeiser

Kristina Zeiser

Senior Researcher

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Education
District and School Improvement

DEEPER LEARNING STUDY PUBLICATIONS

The Shape of Deeper Learning: Strategies, Structures, and Cultures in Deeper Learning Network High Schools

Providing Opportunities for Deeper Learning

Evidence of Deeper Learning Outcomes
Update: Graduation Advantage Persists for Students in Deeper Learning Network High Schools
Update: Deeper Learning and College Attendance: What Happens After High School?

Deeper Learning and Graduation: Is There a Relationship?

School Features and Student Opportunities for Deeper Learning: What Makes a Difference?
Brief: School Features and Student Opportunities for Deeper Learning What Makes a Difference?

Related Resources

Spotlight on Deeper Learning
Three Studies Show Impact of Deeper Learning
Students in Deeper Learning Network High Schools Significantly More Likely to Enroll in College, AIR Study Finds
Deeper Learning: Improving Student Outcomes for College, Career, and Civic Life

Latest News & Updates

19 Aug 2016
News Release

Students in Deeper Learning Network High Schools Significantly More Likely to Enroll in College, AIR Study Finds

10 May 2016
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AERA Study of Deeper Learning – Informational Webinar

9 Mar 2016
News Release

AIR Study Finds Persistent Graduation Advantage For Students in Deeper Learning Network High Schools

24 Sep 2014
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High School Students Receiving Instruction Focused on “Deeper Learning” Do Better in Math and English and Have Higher Graduation Rates than Their Peers

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