Can Computers Help Students Learn?
Policymakers and development experts seeking to improve the quality of education are interested in the role technology can play. Not only do they want to use technology to directly aid learning, but they also want to ensure that students in develop...
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okr-10986-104552021-04-23T14:02:50Z Can Computers Help Students Learn? World Bank CLASS ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM TEACHING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES COMPUTER TRAINING COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS EDUCATION EXPERTS EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONAL GOALS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE EDUCATORS EXAM GRADE TEACHERS HIGHER GRADES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS INSTRUCTION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LANGUAGE TEACHERS LEARNING MATH SCORES MATH TEACHERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL HEADS SCHOOLS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT SKILLS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING AID TEACHING AIDS TEACHING PROCESS TEST SCORES Policymakers and development experts seeking to improve the quality of education are interested in the role technology can play. Not only do they want to use technology to directly aid learning, but they also want to ensure that students in developing countries - and poor communities everywhere - get the same exposure, and same education benefit, from technology as do their counterparts in wealthier parts of the world. Bringing computers into the schoolroom is seen by experts as one way to do this. But just making technology available may not be enough. Policymakers and development experts need to know how to ensure the technology is used effectively. To assist educators, policymakers and education experts understand how technology may boost the quality of education; the World Bank supported a two-year study of a program in Colombia that places computers in public schools. The study failed to find that the computers led to any measurable increase in student test scores. Researchers suggested this could be because teachers and students mainly used the computers to learn how to use computers, instead of using them as a part of the teaching process. The results do not mean that computers and other information and communications technologies cannot raise educational quality. But it does offer a cautionary note to those seeking to increase the availability of such technology tools: being able to access technology is not always enough - people may also need training in how to use the technology to reach the stated educational goals. 2012-08-13T11:34:43Z 2012-08-13T11:34:43Z 2011-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/13721066/can-computers-help-students-learn http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10455 English From Evidence to Policy; No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Colombia |
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Policymakers and development experts
seeking to improve the quality of education are interested
in the role technology can play. Not only do they want to
use technology to directly aid learning, but they also want
to ensure that students in developing countries - and poor
communities everywhere - get the same exposure, and same
education benefit, from technology as do their counterparts
in wealthier parts of the world. Bringing computers into the
schoolroom is seen by experts as one way to do this. But
just making technology available may not be enough.
Policymakers and development experts need to know how to
ensure the technology is used effectively. To assist
educators, policymakers and education experts understand how
technology may boost the quality of education; the World
Bank supported a two-year study of a program in Colombia
that places computers in public schools. The study failed to
find that the computers led to any measurable increase in
student test scores. Researchers suggested this could be
because teachers and students mainly used the computers to
learn how to use computers, instead of using them as a part
of the teaching process. The results do not mean that
computers and other information and communications
technologies cannot raise educational quality. But it does
offer a cautionary note to those seeking to increase the
availability of such technology tools: being able to access
technology is not always enough - people may also need
training in how to use the technology to reach the stated
educational goals. |
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