New research on technology integration in the classroom

 
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New research on technology integration in the classroom 
Dr. Jennifer Morrison and colleagues from our Center for Research and Reform in Education (CRRE) are evaluating a technology-integration initiative for Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland called Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow (S.T.A.T.). The initiative began in the 2014-15 school year with 10 pilot elementary schools and has since expanded to all elementary schools, middle schools, and select high schools. CRRE has been tasked with conducting a mixed-methods evaluation of the initiative, including classroom observations, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and an examination of student achievement data. The evaluation is taking place over five years. 

CRRE recently completed the third year of the evaluation, and results revealed continuing changes in teacher practice, perceptions of increased student engagement, and positive trends in achievement for students in grades 3 to 5.

In a previous edition of Best Evidence in Brief, we reported on a review of the research literature on the infusion of technology i..., also completed by CRRE. Multiple studies in that review reported higher engagement of students with their coursework when involved in one-to-one laptop programs, which produced two key benefits: a development of a deeper level of understanding and an increase in student achievement. However, our researchers pointed out that, "Just as buying a professional-looking mixer will not make you a better cook, technology alone will not make student learning better. If the teacher, though, introduces new methods of teaching requiring different uses of a computer rather than to simply present information, then we are likely to see an improvement in learning."

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