An Analysis of the Causes and Countermeasures of the Phenomenon of “Marginal People” in Classroom Teaching at the Aspect of Teachers

The “Marginal People” in classroom teaching refer to those who are ignored or even excluded by teachers and other students because of their own reasons (physical and psychological differences) in classroom teaching activities. The “Marginal People” in classroom teaching are widespread, and their distribution areas are mainly concentrated in the edge of the classroom space, that is, the left and right sides and the back row, and it is more common in the classroom of teachers who do not pay attention to classroom interaction, boring lectures and straight intonation. The reasons for the emergence of marginal students are complex, among which teachers, as educators of the younger generation, need to bear a large part of the responsibility, such as: teacher literacy, teaching design, classroom management and other aspects of the impact on students. In the face of these problems, teachers should make corresponding adjustments and improvements.

Do Academically Marginal Students Benefit from Emotional and Blended Learning Support?

Engaging all students at the same pace of learning is impossible for educators, and many low academic achievers commonly have low self-perception, low motivation and a lack of self-regulation for academic study. This paper attempts to explore the academic performance problems faced by Generation Z in the bottom quartile studying service marketing and their successful transformation story for their study at a community college in Hong Kong. A series of learning design activities, such as weekly online exercises (self-evaluation), weekly online videos and eTutorials were arranged for the class. This paper examines how students with low academic achievement responded in activities. Data archived in the learning management system on how they participated in activities and academic data performed by these students in mid-term test, quiz grade and final examination were used for analysis. Apart from the outside classroom activities, the teacher carried out individual consultations to address individual needs and provided additional time and effort to motivate students to learn. They subsequently made significant improvements in their final examination and recorded high satisfaction about their performance.

A Little Can Go a Long Way: The Impact of Advertising Services on Program Take-Up

The success of policy interventions is frequently stymied by the inability to induce take-up in target populations. In this article, I show that local advertising in combination with small financial lotteries increases the likelihood that low-income students apply for and receive state aid. I isolate causal impacts by estimating the change in completed aid applications in high schools where the advertising program was canceled due to the expiration of private funding compared with high schools that never participated in the advertising program. Using this differences-in-differences framework, I find that state aid applications declined by approximately 3% to 4% (or roughly four to six applications per high school). Furthermore, postsecondary enrollment in 4-year public colleges declined by about one-half to one percentage point in impacted high schools. These results suggest that small incentives may be a cost-effective means of promoting program take-up for marginal students.

Internal Threat II

Demographic trends and changes in the perceived value of a degree both can have significant effects on the demand for higher education. Demographic changes in the United States are unlikely to reduce the demand for places in college overall, but falling high school enrollment in the Northeast and Midwest will pressure financially weaker schools in those regions. On average, the payoff to a college degree has grown substantially. The chapter shows that the return to marginal students may also be quite high. Lastly, the evidence from labor markets indicates that a college education is not simply correlated with higher income. It helps cause higher income.