Studies on Technology and Student Learning

The following research studies and resources demonstrate that when integrated into the classroom context, technology can have a positive impact on student achievement:

• Adventures in Supercomputing: 1994-1995 Evaluation (Honey, McMillan, Tsikalas, & Light, 1996)

• Apple K-12 Effectiveness Reports (Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow, 1999)

• Beliefs About Learning and Constructive Processes in Reading: Effects of a Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environment (Lamon, Chan, Scardamalia, Burtis, & Brett, 1993)

• Computer Support for Knowledge-Building Communities (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1993-1994)

• Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environments (Scardamalia, Bereiter, McLean, Swallow, & Woodruff, 1989)

• Computers and Classroom Culture (Schofield, 1995)

• Does It Compute? The Relationship Between Educational Technology and Student Achievement in Mathematics (Wenglinsky, 1998)

• Educational Applications of a Networked Communal Database (Scardamalia, Bereiter, Brett, Burtis, Calhoun, & Smith Lea, 1992)

• Educational Technology: A Review of the Research (Thompson, Simonson, & Hargrave, 1996)

• Higher Levels of Agency for Children in Knowledge Building: A Challenge for the Design of New Knowledge Media (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1991)

• Observing Classroom Processes in Project-Based Learning Using Multimedia: A Tool for Evaluators (Penuel & Means, 1999)

• Perspectives on Technology and Education Research: Lessons from the Past and Present (Honey, Culp, & Carrigg, 1999)

• Progressive Curriculum and Knowledge Building Uses of Networked Multimedia Resources (Smith, Lea, & Scardamalia, 1997)

• Lessons from the Road Ahead Program (National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, 1998)

• Restructuring Schools with Technology: Challenges and Strategies (Means & Olson, 1995)

• Successful Technology Integration in an Elementary School: A Case Study (Wilson & Peterson, 1995)

• Technology and Education Reform: The Reality Behind the Promise (Means, 1994)

• Transcending the Qualitative-Quantitative Debate: The Analytic and Systemic Approaches to Educational Research (Salomon, 1991)

• Using Technology to Support Education Reform (Means, Blando, Olson, Middleton, Morocco, Remz, & Zorfass, 1993)

• Word Processors and Children's Writing in a High Computer Access Setting (Owston & Wideman, 1996)

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