Survey reveals strange places students study

January 16th, 2012

Where do students study? A new survey has some interesting answers.

When asked by folks at Follett Higher Education Group to identify where they study, more than 9 out of 10 students said theyve studied on the way to class, just minutes before the test.

OK, maybe thats not strange or even surprising. But check out the progessively odd places on the rest of the list:

  • as a passenger in a car (87.6%)
  • while waiting in a line (63.4%)
  • at work (60.9%)
  • while working out (46.1%)
  • in the restroom (44.1%)
  • at a party (27.5%)
  • at a late night restaurant/bar (25.8%), and
  • on a date (9.8%).

More than 61% of students said they begin studying just a few days before a big test. Roughly 20% wait until the night before, while only about 13% said they get going with studying a few weeks before the test date.

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Enrollment study will be a sprint

November 29th, 2010

A new state study of how to count K-12 students formally got going Wednesday – only about six weeks before the effort is supposed to produce a report.

And discussion at the first meeting of the Average Daily Membership Advisory Committee highlighted fears that changing the way the state counts students will cost school districts money and create more work for them.

Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver

The author of the legislation that spurred the study sought to calm those fears. “Our belief was [changing the count method] leaves the same amount of money in the system,” said Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, with “less amount of work.”

Witnesses and panel members also sparred a bit over whether the current system makes it too easy for schools to let problem students drop out of school after enrollment is counted every October.

The long lead-up to Wednesday’s meeting is an interesting case study in the pitfalls of legislating in a time of state budget cuts.

Colorado’s current enrollment counting system basically involves adding up the students who are in school on Oct. 1 and awardin

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