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LSSSE in the News (2009)
 
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The National Law Journal
To the chagrin of some law professors, the clickety-click of laptops in the classroom may be here to stay... 		January/2009
Law.com
The study of more than 29,000 students at 85 law schools found that students who frequently used their laptops to take notes, review ideas from past lectures or read a self-prepared case brief were more likely to come to class prepared, contribute to class discussions and synthesize material across courses... 		January/2009
About.com: Michelle's Law School Blog
As reported in Inside Higher Education, the 2008 results of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) show 45% of law students are dissatisfied with the way law school prepares them for real world legal writing... 		January/2009
Law Librarian Blog
Perhaps the 2008 LSSSE Report should be subtitled "Preparing Law Profs for the 21st Century" instead of "Student Engagement in Law Schools: Preparing 21st Century Lawyers" because one of the survey findings is that use of laptops in and outside the classroom is linked to higher levels of student engagement. Students who frequently used their laptop to take notes, review ideas from past lectures, or read a self-prepared case brief were more likely to come to class prepared, contribute to class discussions, and synthesize material across courses. They were also more likely to work hard to meet faculty expectations... 		January/2009
WisBlawg
There is an interesting article in today's Chronicle of Higher Education on the results of the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement. The author particularly discusses one section of the report, Computers in the Law School Classroom... 		January/2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Law-school professors are fed up with students using laptop computers in class to surf to Facebook, eBay, everything but LexisNexis. And some have even banned the distracting machines. But results from a new survey show that an outright ban might not be such a good idea... 		January/2009
Inside Higher Ed
Law schools have to be responsive to the ever-changing legal world to keep their curriculums relevant and meaningful, but the latest findings of a national survey suggest that they should also be focusing more on the basics. The 2008 annual results of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement, released today, show nearly half of all law school students reporting that their education does not "contribute substantially" to their ability to "apply legal writing skills" in the real world... 		January/2009
TaxProf Blog
Laptop computer use and its educational implications have sometimes generated heated debate among legal educators. LSSSE findings show that student use of laptops for keeping and reviewing notes and calling up previously briefed cases goes together with high levels of engagement in courses. So when used effectively, laptops may well enhance learning, rather than being a substitute for other kinds of course engagement or simply a distraction... 		January/2009
Canada Law Student Blog
"Law schools have to be responsive to the ever-changing legal world to keep their curriculums relevant and meaningful, but the latest findings of a national survey suggest that they should also be focusing more on the basics. The 2008 annual results of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement, released today, show nearly half of all law school students reporting that their education does not “contribute substantially” to their ability to “apply legal writing skills” in the real world."... 		January/2009



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