How do we know self-pacing works…? We have the data!

Our first year, we did not implement self-pacing until our second semester - we just didn’t think of it until then. At the end of that school year, we realized we had an excellent source of data in our students. They had all experienced traditional learning as well as self-pacing in our classroom for equal periods of time. While our students seemed to enjoy self-pacing, their survey responses shocked us!

Eighty-eight percent of our middle school students agreed with the statement, “Compared to whole class units, I ENJOY the self-paced units more.” And 89 percent agreed with the statement, “Compared to whole class units, I am LEARNING MORE working through the self-paced units at my own rate.”

Seventy percent of students said they learn more with self-pacing because they “have more time to understand the concepts” and 60% said their teacher was available more often to answer questions. Finally, 80% of students said they enjoyed self-pacing because “I can work faster or slower depending on how I feel each day.”