Investigating IXL's Impact on Student Learning, Motivation, Engagement, and Persistence
Joined 2023
Partners
UCLA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
IXL Learning (A digital personalized learning platform)
What are we building?
Improved infrastructure to make IXL data more accessible and usable for researchers and practitioners.
What are we learning?
Whether and how students’ IXL use—and different types of use—are associated with math learning, engagement, and motivation
How teachers, administrators, and students perceive digital tools, including IXL, and their suggestions for improving the IXL platform
What effect, if any, does participating in professional learning about IXL have on teachers’ instructional practices and students’ outcomes
Whether and which types of messages and incentives encourage students to use IXL to practice math during summer break
Products
Enhanced IXL data reporting features
Additional IXL platform features that aim to improve student motivation, engagement, and persistence
Insights into ways to encourage students to use digital tools during school breaks
Insights into ways to structure professional learning to encourage effective use of IXL