Education Crisis: Mobile App Makers Help Fill The Gap

leeanne/976 (I-Newswire) June 26, 2011 - In the current education crisis, one of the top super powers on earth, the United States of America, only ranks 12th when it comes to the education of its youths, when compared with countries around the world according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). On the eve of this crisis companies like Lucky 8 Media (lucky8media.com) have stepped in to help fill the gap, realizing mobile apps can help students meet their educational goals .

Lucky 8 Media, creator of the mobile app Study Success, did the research and analyzed data that confirmed there has been a constant deterioration of student study habits, including time management and information retention skills.

Many professionals like Bruce W. Tuckman, a professor of educational policy at Ohio State University, agree that the amount of time studying does not equal the same amount of learning.

"Mostly they (students) discover that they spend a lot of time that doesn't add up to anything," Mr. Tuckman said, noting that the biggest problem for students is procrastination. "It's not that they don't study enough, but they don't study well."

Developing a mobile app that could help students in a simple manner was the goal for Lucky 8 Media, after investigating the most common difficulties confronted by today's youth, they concluded that good study habits and time management are the keys to success. But what would be the best approach for reaching these young men and woman and changing these habits?

Marcy Fallon, of the University of Maryland at College Park, director of Maryland's Learning Assistance Service, part of the university's counseling center says "I like to say, 'Reading does not equal learning,'" said Ms. Fallon. "You've got to do something more with that by working with the material on a day-to-day basis."

Lucky 8 Media researched and developed a simple application to help manage the time students use to study. Breaking away from the traditional “study till you drop" concept and creating a better environment to soak up information, the app allows students to be able follow some simple rules that professionals have established for a successful time studying.

A national study based on a survey of first-year students, "The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2001," shows that time spent studying in high school has steadily dropped since 1987, when questions about the topic were first used. In 1987, about 53 percent of students reported spending fewer than 6 hours per week on homework and studying, while in 2001, that number jumped to 65 percent.

While the US is just one of the countries not meeting the challenge of education in the 21st century, companies like Lucky 8 Media help students confront the future with a better way to acquire knowledge and as we all know: knowledge is power.

Lucky 8 Media (http://www.lucky8media.com) was recently founded to create simple and efficient cross-platform mobile apps, and websites. They provide articles, resources, free software for students and consumers.

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