Re: [LM_NET] [WWWEDU] New Study on Computers and School Performance

[Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG>]

> Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG> writes:

I agree with your reservations and hypothesis. It would be more reassuring
if the developers of the NETP were also so astute. <double grin>

Nancy

> I have a very hard time atributing performance to computer use.  As I
> recall, there were many studies and meta-studies in the '80s touting the
> learning benefits of using computers.  Go back further and and just about
> every other media device was researched for positive attributes.
>
> In 1983(?), Richard Clark of USC authored "Reconsidering Research on
> Learning from Media".  The gist of the piece was that it's the content,
> and curriculum, not the medium that influences learning.
>
> I would posit that even if students were using that tired technology of
> pencils and dried wood pulp, there would still be an achievement gap over
> students who used computers to play games or those who just sat and
> scribbled pictures.  However, the scribblers might do better in a test of
> artistic ability.   ;-)
>
> Bob Koreis
> Librarian
> Federal Way High School
> Federal Way, WA
> rkoreis@fwps.org
>

--
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org
nwillard@csriu.org

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