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Rethinking Adaptive Learning

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The buzzwords in education circles recently are ‘Adaptive Learning’.  Computers are to analyze how a student responds to different presentation styles and serve up more of what works best. 'Adaptive learning is an educational method which uses computers as interactive teaching devices. Computers adapt the presentation of educational material according to students' learning needs, as indicated by their responses to questions and tasks.'   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_learning Sounds good so far. This should mean that students will learn more efficiently and presumably at their own pace. The argument goes that the learning gaps between higher and lower achievers will close and that students will have increased confidence. Still sounds good. But is this all there is to learning? Is successful learning what happens when presentation of content is absorbed and the student can complete some practice exercises? A P-P-P MODEL The teacher