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Can Twitter use help improve grades? Some researchers think so | Higher Ed | eSchoolNews.com: "Can Twitter use help improve grades? Some researchers think so
Using Twitter for academic purposes leads to more student engagement and interaction with faculty, one study suggests
By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Higher Ed, Technologies, Top News, social networking

Dec 3rd, 2010
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Twitter use helped students communicate more with their instructors.

Twitter use might be more than an extracurricular activity for college students, according to researchers from three universities whose work suggests that using the popular microblogging service to discuss academics could help bolster student engagement and success.

In an article published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Nov. 12, researchers unveiled findings from a midsized college campus that suggest students who communicated through Twitter during and after class had a GPA of about a half-point higher than students who didn’t use the social media site.

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