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30 Jun 2020
Brief

Equitable Access to the Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Benefits of Deeper Learning

Kristina Zeiser, Iliana Brodziak de los Reyes, and Rui Yang

Recently, researchers at AIR found that students who attended schools that focused on deeper learning reported higher levels of collaboration skills, academic engagement, motivation to learn, and self-efficacy than similar students who attended comparison schools. Furthermore, they found that student reports of opportunities for deeper learning were positively associated with students’ interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies (e.g., collaboration skills, self-efficacy).

In this brief, we used data from the Study of Deeper Learning: Opportunities and Outcomes to explore whether students’ opportunities for deeper learning are similarly beneficial for different types of students (e.g., male and female students, English language learners and native English speakers).

Key Findings
  • For the most part, positive relationships between opportunities for deeper learning and interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies were similar in strength across different types of students.
  • Relationships were significantly stronger for male students than for female students. Because female students generally reported high levels of interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies, the weaker relationships for women indicate that other environmental factors (such as interactions with peers and families) may influence these competencies more than experiences in schools.
Conclusions

These findings contradict popular notions that deeper learning is an approach that generally benefits advantaged students or students who are already succeeding academically. In fact, our results suggest that opportunities for deeper learning are similarly beneficial for all students.

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Project

Study of Deeper Learning: Opportunities and Outcomes

AIR is studying the ways in which schools provide opportunities for students to acquire complex knowledge and deeper learning skills. Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the study examines the impact of these opportunities on how students develop five dimensions of deeper learning: mastery of core content, critical thinking skills, collaboration skills, communication skills, and independent learning skills.

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17 Jul 2019
Spotlight

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Students working together

Spotlight on Deeper Learning

What do today’s students really need to learn in order to succeed, not only in the classroom but also later on in college, careers, and as engaged citizens? What role can deeper learning—“a set of competencies students must master in order to develop a keen understanding of academic content and apply their knowledge to problems in the classroom and on the job”—play?
Topic: 
Education, Social and Emotional Learning

Further Reading

  • Equitable Opportunities for Deeper Learning: Exploring Differences Between Traditional and Network Schools
  • Study of Deeper Learning: Opportunities and Outcomes
  • Evidence of Deeper Learning Outcomes
  • Graduation Advantage Persists for Students in Deeper Learning Network High Schools
  • Deeper Learning and Graduation: Is There a Relationship?
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Kristina Zeiser

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Equity in Education
English Learners
Social and Emotional Learning

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