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Increasing Student Achievement with TechnologyBy Vincent L. Williams
Topics of Discussion
I. Student Achievement – Standardized Test
II. Technology & High-Order Thinking
III. Technology & Student Engagement
IV. Conclusion
Student Achievement – Standardized TestsStudents’ performance on
standardized test increases dramatically when they’re exposed to technology.
Dr. John Schacter’s “Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement: What the Most Current Research Has to Say” – Milken Foundation
A. Numerous reports proved student achievement and technology have a direct relationship.
Student Achievement
Dr. Schacter 1999
Student Achievement
Technology & High-Order Thinking
High Order ThinkingLego Logo
(Resnick & Ocko 1994)
Co Vis Project – Edelsen, Pea, Gomez 1996)
Jasper Woodbury (Cognition & Technology Group at Vanderbilt 1992)
Constructivist Environments: a place where learners may work together and support each other as they use a variety of tools and information resources in their guided pursuit of learning goals and problem-solving activities. - Dr. B.G. Wilson
Technology & Student Engagement
Technology allows students to collaborate, become self-engaged learners, and also develop high-order thinking skills
Student Engagement
Student Engagement
Conclusion
We have looked at Technology’s role in:
1. Student Achievement
2. High-Order Thinking
3. Student Engagement
“If we teach today as we taught yesterday we rob our children of tomorrow”… John Dewey