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Originally Posted by Aerynne

Interesting. I tried to look for a scientific article about how much time is spent learning in school but couldn’t find one. She’s probably fairly right, but I’d love to see some hard numbers.

There are lots of articles from educational journals about time spent in school but not time spent learning.


Is it "learning" when the teacher is lecturing and kids are taking notes?
What about when kids are given time in class to work cooperatively on a project?
What about when I take them to the library to check out independent books?
What about when they take a quiz or test in class?
What about when they're at recess or lunch? They're learning social skills, but does that count as "learning"?

I don't know that there is a definitive way to collect data on when kids are learning. You can collect data on seat time or amount of time spent in class or on educational activities, I suppose.

If such data does exist, I'd love to see it!