---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Caroline Meeks <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [support-gang] "Teaching for Understanding" (drill+kill yes, but then construct..) To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT laptop.org\"" <[email protected]>
thanks Adam, here is the exact quote: "If computers were used in ways that allowed students to explore mathematics, rather then simply to drill math facts, then "computer use is positively associated with student performance," meaning the students using computers for exploring did better on tests then students who did not use computers, or who did not use them in an open ended way." (p. 9) On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Adam Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > Subject: [math4] Resource on using technology in educaiton Date: Sat, 5 > Sep 2009 11:30:24 -0400 From: Caroline Meeks > <[email protected]><[email protected]> To: > [email protected] > > I am taking "Teaching for Understanding" this semester and this reading > stands out as a good introduction for those of you creating activities for > 4th grade math. It covers the debates on technology in schools, provides > pointers to good resources and summarizes research. For instance > improvements in math outcomes is only associated with increased computer > usage when computers are used for more then drill and practice and offer > opportunities to explore math concepts. > > Zucker, A.A. (2008) Chps. 1 & 2 in Transforming Schools with Technology, > Harvard > > Education Press, Cambridge, 1-26, 27-49 > > Let me know if you want me to keep an eye out for more readings that are > relevant to 4th grade math. > > Thanks, > Caroline > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > [email protected] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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