A study led by Lock Haven University professor Reynol Junco found educationally relevant uses of Twitter can boost grade-point averages, reports the Daily Orange.
The experiment examined how educationally relevant uses of Twitter in and outside of the classroom impacted classroom engagement and grades of first-year students in pre-health professional programs, Junco said. Students would respond to questions via Twitter and also pose questions to professors.
The study found Lock Haven students asked to complete assignments and engage in class discussion using Twitter over one semester increased their engagement more than twice as much as a group that utilized a different social networking website for these same assignments, Junco said.
In addition to showing a significantly higher improvement in engagement than the control group, the students who used Twitter also demonstrated about a 0.5 point increase in their overall semester grade point average, Junco said.
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