Main Menu

EdTech Research Reviews

See reviews of the research studies below:

research

  1. Improving Mathematics Performance Using Laptop Technology: The Importance of Professional Development for Success
  2. What Students Think About Technology and Academic Engagement in School: Implications for Middle Grades Teaching and Learning
  3. The New Digital Advance Team—America’s K–12 Students Leading the Way to Transforming Learning with 21st Century Technology Tools
  4. Digitally Inclined: Teacher Use of Digital Media
  5. Technology in Schools: What the Research Says: A 2009 Update
  6. Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge
  7. The Horizon Report: 2009 K-12 Edition
  8. Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally
  9. Final Report: A Comprehensive Assessment of Florida Virtual School
  10. Maine’s Middle School Laptop Program: Creating Better Writers
  11. Social Skills of Mainstream Students in Full-Time, Online Public Schools: How They Compare to Traditional Public School Students
  12. U.S.A. Learns Six-Month Report
  13. Effects of Using Instructional Technology in Elementary and Secondary Schools: What Controlled Evaluation Studies say
  14. Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds
  15. Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
  16. Use of Education Data at the Local Level: From Accountability to Instructional Improvement
  17. Online Learning Policy Survey: A Survey of the States
  18. An Experimental Study of the Effects of Cognitive Tutor Algebra 1 on Student Knowledge and Attitude
  19. Palm Education Pioneers Program: Final Evaluation
  20. 2004 Unitedstreaming Evaluation: 6th and 8th Grade Mathematics in the Los Angeles Unified School District
  21. Technology’s Edge: The Educational Benefits of Computer-Aided Instruction
  22. Laptops and Fourth-Grade Literacy: Assisting the Jump over the Fourth-Grade Slump
  23. Neural Deficits in Children with Dyslexia Ameliorated by Behavioral Remediation: Evidence from Functional MRI
  24. The Effect of Computers on Student Writing: A meta-analysis of Studies from 1992 to 2002
  25. Effects of Technology on Reading Performance in the Middle-School Grades: A Meta-Analysis with Recommendations for Policy
  26. Using Technology to Enhance Connections Between Home and School: A Research Synthesis
  27. An AlphaSmart for Each Student: Does Teaching and Learning Change with Full Access to Word Processors?
  28. Creating and Connecting: Research and Guidelines on Online Social – and Educational – Networking
  29. Evaluation of the Impact of the Enhancing Education Through Technology Project on Mathematics Achievement
  30. SimCalc Classroom Connectivity Project 2: Understanding Classroom Interactions Among Diverse, Connected Classroom Technologies – Overview of the Present findings of a 4-Year Study
  31. Pockets of Potential:  Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children’s Learning
  32. Game Changer:  Investing in Digital Play to Advance Children’s Learning and Health
  33. Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions
  34. The Effects of Distance Education on K-12 Student Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
  35. Horizon Report: 2010 K-12 Edition
  36. National Broadband Plan: National Purposes Update
  37. The Efficacy of Computer-Based Phonics Programs for Advancing Elementary Reading Skills
  38. The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap Between Internet-Savvy Students and Their Schools
  39. The Effect of Computers on Student Writing: A meta-analysis of Studies from 1992 to 2002
  40. START (Service & Technology Academic Resource Team)
  41. An Open Source Platform for Internet-based Assessment
  42. Educational Outcomes and Research from 1:1 Computing Settings
  43. Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from two student cohorts
  44. Evaluation of the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program: Final Report
  45. K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School District Administrators
  46. National Broadband Plan: Update
  47. Plato? Achieve Now
  48. Solving Algebra on Smartphones
  49. Summative Evaluation of the Ready to Learn Initiative: a media-rich environment for preschoolers
  50. READ 180
  51. The Impact of a Media-Rich Science Curriculum on Low-Income Preschoolers’ Science Talk at Home
  52. The Effectiveness of an Online Algebra Course
  53. Accelerated Reader
  54. The Effects of Technology on Reading Performance in the Middle-School Grades
  55. A Summary of Research on the Effectiveness of K-12 Online Learning
  56. Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning
  57. Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths
  58. Read Naturally
  59. Results of the Spring 2010 SIIA Vision K-20 Survey
  60. Summary of Experimental Study of the Ready to Teach Developmental Electronic Field Trip Reader Proj.
  61. Accelerated Math 2010
  62. An Efficacy Study of READ 180: A Print and Electronic Adaptive Intervention Program

An Efficacy Study of READ 180: A Print and Electronic Adaptive Intervention Program

Thursday, 28 October 2010 09:17 | Written by John Cradler | PDF | Print | E-mail
Title of Study:  An Efficacy Study of READ 180: A Print and Electronic Adaptive Intervention Program Grades 4 and Above

Author(s): Council of Great City Schools

Summary:
READ 180 is a reading intervention program that combines face-to-face reading instruction with technology.  This report studied the effects of READ 180 on reading achievement of low-performing students in seven cities.

Last Updated (Wednesday, 02 February 2011 12:09)

Read more...

 

Accelerated Math 2010

Thursday, 28 October 2010 09:11 | Written by John Cradler | PDF | Print | E-mail
Title of Study: Accelerated Math 2010

Author(s): What Works Clearinghouse

Summary:
Accelerated Math monitors students’ progress in mathematics and generates individualized assignments based on students’ academic needs. Accelerated Math is a software program that can be used as the primary curriculum, or integrated with the existing mathematics classroom curriculum.  Research summarized in this review includes both uses of the software. This review summarizes the results of one study of Accelerated Math software that meets the What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards, and two studies that meet evidence standards with reservations.  

Last Updated (Monday, 08 November 2010 12:02)

Read more...

 

Summary of Experimental Study of the Ready to Teach Developmental Electronic Field Trip Reader Proj.

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:55 | Written by John Cradler | PDF | Print | E-mail
Title of Study: Summary of Experimental Study of the Ready to Teach Developmental Electronic Field Trip Reader Project

Author(s): H. Jennings and L. Lucca, ORC Macro

Summary: Maryland Public Television’s Ready to Teach project is aimed at upper elementary and middle school students who lack the reading skills needed to master subject matter in the upper grades.  The program aims to build reading skills while simultaneously covering the curriculum in the social science and language arts content areas. The electronic field trips used this study were web-based resources that included embedded reading supports, offered explicit instruction in reading strategies and were designed to engage students in learning activities that build reading skills.

Last Updated (Monday, 08 November 2010 12:02)

Read more...

 

Results of the Spring 2010 SIIA Vision K-20 Survey

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:41 | Written by John Cradler | PDF | Print | E-mail
Title of Study:  Results of the Spring 2010 SIIA Vision K-20 Survey

Author(s): Software & Information Industry Association

Summary:
This yearly report summarizes the results of an online self-assessment of how educational institutions from kindergarten through college leverage technology and e-learning to meet educational goals.  Questions in the survey are grouped into 5 areas of progress:  21st century tools, anytime/anywhere access, differentiated learning, assessment tools and enterprise support.

Last Updated (Monday, 08 November 2010 12:00)

Read more...

 

Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:30 | Written by John Cradler | PDF | Print | E-mail
Title of Study:  Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths

Author(s): Grunwald Associates

Summary:
The authors address five misconceptions about integrating technology and 21st century skills into classroom instruction and learning.

Last Updated (Monday, 08 November 2010 12:00)

Read more...

 

Read Naturally

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:36 | Written by John Cradler | PDF | Print | E-mail
Title of Study: Read Naturally

Author(s): What Works Clearinghouse

Summary:
Read Naturally is a reading program designed for students with disabilities.  One version of the program combines books with audio cassettes or CDs.  In the other version, students work only with the Read Naturally computer program.  This analysis reviews one study of the program that meets What Works Clearinghouse’s evidence standards.

Last Updated (Monday, 08 November 2010 13:03)

Read more...

 

Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:19 | Written by John Cradler | PDF | Print | E-mail
Title of Study:  Creating Our Future:  Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning

Author(s): Project Tomorrow

Summary:
This report from the seventh annual Speak Up online survey summarizes responses from students in grades K-12, teachers, parents and administrators.  Questions in the 2009 survey covered technology use, 21st Century skills; schools of the future; emerging technologies such as mobile devices, online learning and digital content; math instruction, and challenges faced by teachers and administrators.

Last Updated (Monday, 08 November 2010 12:00)

Read more...

 
More Articles...

Copyright © 2010 California Technology Assistance Project.
All Rights Reserved.

>