Study: Course success rates of college students increase using Nearpod

Independent study shows that students were nearly 20% more successful in their course when using Nearpod as an instructional platform

BIO201 Course Sections using Nearpod

61.7%
Success

16.2%
Failure

22.1%
Withdrawl

BIO201 Course Sections not using Nearpod

42.4%
Success

22.7%
Failure

34.9%
Withdrawl

Phoenix College, a Maricopa Community College, studied course success rates in a Biology course, BIO201 (Human Anatomy & Physiology I), to determine the effectiveness of Nearpod as an instructional tool. About half of the students were in the control group who did not use Nearpod versus the other half in the experimental group. All students were engaged in their courses through
in-person, hybrid learning, and online learning.

Results showed that the use of Nearpod led to higher success rates and fewer course withdrawals, regardless of lesson delivery or environment across:

Genders
Ethnicities
Ages
First generation status
Academic loads
Instructional locations

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The best part of Nearpod is that it democratizes engagement. Traditional class engagement is limited to one student at a time raising their hand, with Nearpod I engage everybody.

W. Thurber
Ontario Tech University

I struggled with juggling between tabs and going from one tech tool to the other. What I like about Nearpod is that it lets me do everything in one place.

D. Alvarez
Florida International University

I love Nearpod because I can have my students engaged in learning more actively and check their level of understanding right away. I can provide quick feedback to address the difficult content in group or in individual level.

C. Kimm
CSU Los Angeles

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