In this book, for the first time, national data is used to measure technology?’s effectiveness on student academic performance in three subjects?—mathematics, science, and reading. To uncover key implications for policy and practice, the author links the test scores of more than 40,000 students who took the National Assessment of Educational Progress with reports by their teachers of various aspects of technology use. Features: * The use of real data to show which practices are most prevalent and which are most effective in the K?–12 classroom. * A nontechnical presentation of the results of the only studies to relate aspects of technology use to student test scores. * Case studies of traditionalist and constructivist uses of technology to determine which approach raises test scores the most, with and without technology. * A summary with implications of what can be learned from the numbers, including suggestions for policymakers and practitioners.
Author(s): Harold Wenglinsky
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 113
Cover
......Page 1
Using Technology
Wisely......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction: The Pros and Cons of Educational Technology......Page 12
Two Types of Teaching......Page 16
Fitting Educational Technology Into Practice......Page 19
The Focus of This Book......Page 20
Key Points......Page 22
1. Standards, Technology, and Teaching: Three Movements for Improving the Schools......Page 23
The Standards Movement......Page 27
The Educational Technology Movement......Page 31
The Movement to Improve Teacher Quality......Page 39
Key Points......Page 44
2. The Academic Debate: Supporters and Critics of Technology’s Effectiveness......Page 45
The Record on CAI......Page 46
The ACOT Experience......Page 48
Larry Cuban on Educational Technology......Page 49
Key Points......Page 52
3. Tales of Educational Technology......Page 54
The Meno......Page 55
A Computer Lab in Urban High School, USA......Page 57
Co-nect and the ALL School......Page 59
Two Expeditionary Learning Schools......Page 63
High Tech High......Page 68
Key Points......Page 70
4. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: What the Numbers Say......Page 71
What NAEP Says About Nontechnological Instructional Practices......Page 74
Educational Technology in Mathematics......Page 77
Educational Technology in Science......Page 82
Educational Technology in Reading......Page 85
Key Points......Page 88
5. Preparing Students for the Twenty-First Century......Page 89
The Digital Divide and No Child Left Behind......Page 92
Key Points......Page 94
Appendix: How the Study Was Conducted......Page 96
References......Page 102
C......Page 108
H......Page 109
N......Page 110
S......Page 111
Z......Page 112
About the Author......Page 113
