Can This Game-Like App Help Students Do Better in School?
Can This Game-Like App Help Students Do Better in School?
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 29, 201716m 28s
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Show Notes
FRESNO, Calif. — A group of seventh- and eighth-grade girls sat around a lunch table discussing a new game-like app they use in school. Danna Rodriguez somewhat sullenly said she didn’t want to care about Strides, which tracks points students earn for attendance, grade-point average and using the app itself, among other things. But she can’t help herself. She does care.
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