Findings from several meaningful studies show that some education programs demonstrate at least modest gains using blended learning techniques and tools.

WestEd’s Evaluation of the MIND Institute’s Spatial-Temporal Math (ST Math) Program in California is one such study that can help educators guide their work, according to this Education Week Digital Education Blog post.* In classes using blended learning, a portion of the traditional face-to-face instruction is replaced by web-based online learning.

States the post:

“Evaluation of the MIND Research Institute’s Spatial-Temporal Math (ST Math) Program in California [PDF], done by WestEd in 2014. The report looked at the game-based, blended learning math instruction program being used in California elementary schools and concluded that it improved students’ math scores significantly—when fully implemented—on state tests, compared with students not using the program.”

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