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Khan Academy: SRI International’s research report shows positive findings
While Khan Academy’s original focus was on helping individuals learn on their own, in recent years we’ve also worked closely with teachers to understand how we can support their instruction. Over the past two school years, we collaborated with a number of schools and with SRI International to study various types of classroom use and the effects of different implementation approaches on teaching and learning. We’re excited to see the results of SRI International’s study for the school years 2011-2013, which was published today. While we recognize that we are still in the very early days of this journey, we’re really encouraged by some of the key findings: - Positive association between Khan Academy use and some important outcomes: - Improvements in student test scores - Improvements in several non-cognitive measures such as studen…