Thanks Tony I had missed that when I skimmed it. There is lots of evidence, including common sense, for the importance of increased learning time.
Sugar on a Stick people, this is important to us too, we need sticks that work outside the school. :) Caroline On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks to an article on eschoolnews.com > > ( > http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/02/16/11-programs-only-as-good-as-their-teachers/) > I stumbled across a special edition of the Journal of Technology, Learning > and Assessment (JTLA) which focuses on "Educational Outcomes and Research > from 1:1 Computing Settings". > > Thanks, the following is relevant to the Sugar/OLPC take home policy: > > Evaluating the Implementation Fidelity of Technology Immersion Shapley, > Sheehan, Maloney, & Caranikas-Walker page 40/69 > > say " Findings revealed that Home > Learning—which measured the extent of a student’s laptop use outside > of school for homework in each of the four core-subject areas and for > learning games—was the strongest implementation predictor of reading > achievement. " > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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