T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
November 24, 2010
Volume 92, No.
52
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY ALYSIA R.
BROOKS
The Shorthorn staff
Students struggling to lift
their grades may get a leg up
from an...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
November 24, 2010
Volume 92, No.
52
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY ALYSIA R.
BROOKS
The Shorthorn staff
Students struggling to lift
their grades may get a leg up
from an unexpected source.
An article titled “The Effect of Twitter on College
Student Engagement and
Grades,” published in this
month’s issue of the Journal
of Computer Assisted Learning concluded students at an
institute in the Midwest who
use Twitter in and out of class
for a first-year seminar course
scored higher grades in the
class and were more engaged
in learning than students who
didn’t tweet.
“It’s amazing,” sociology
freshman Raquel Sanders said.
“I have a Twitter account, but
I never really use it.
If this
study’s right, though, I may
start.
”
The voluntary study involved 125 first-year pre-health
students.
The first group, composed of 70 students, was told
to use Twitter as an information source and do four assignments for a first
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