Kjetil Idås
Horten – Norway
www.kjetili.wordpress.com
Considerably Better Results?Using technology in the classroom
Member of the Goverments Committee of Advisors on Math
Teacher at Horten Upper Secondary School
Autor
Speaker: USA, Sweden, Finland, England and Norway
My mission: Student success
Does it work?
Morning training Kingston Jamaica 11th April 2011: Powell, Carter, Frater
Considerably Better Results?
2P national exam 2007 - 08 2008-09 2009-10
Norway 3.1 2.8 2.8
Vestfold State 3.2 3.1 3.0
Horten VGS 3.0 3.9 4.1
Scale: 1 – 6 (best)
2P 2010-11 15.8 18.11 9.12 1.T
Group 2.34 3.6 4.23 4.6
• Math programs: 5h + 5h + 5h
or (only)
Basic math: 5h + 3h
• National exam (2h + 3h w. digital tools)
• Laptops and software free
• Books free
• WiFi
Maths in Norway (17y – 19y)
Learning environment
• Laptops
• Smartboard
• Viritual Learning Environment (VLS)
• TI-nspire CAS software
• Ebooks/iPad
TI-nspire = notebook1 chapter = 1 file
TI-nspire - when?
Subjects Tools
Algebra
Geometry
Statistics
Functions
Economics MS-Excel
Visible Learning
John Hattie
Professor, Auckland, New Zealand
Influence Effect Size
Feedback 1.13
Student's prior cognitive ability 1.04
Instructional quality 1.00
Direct instruction .82
Acceleration .72
Remediation/feedback .65
Student's disposition to learn .61
Class environment .56
Challenge of Goals .52
Peer tutoring .50
Mastery learning .50
Homework .43
Teacher Style .42
Questioning .41
Peer effects .38
Advance organisers .37
Simulation & games .34
Computer-assisted instruction .31
Testing .30
• An effect size of 0.5 is equivalent to a one grade leap at GCSE
800 Meta studies
a synthesis of 50.000 previous studies
including more than 83 million students
all around the World
Our study - modell
Feedback: TI-nspire + VLE
Quality: TI-nspire + Smartboard
Quality: TI-nspire + Smartboard
Differentiating & Goals: VLE
Homework: TI-nspire + VLE
Findings:Topic
Feedback Increased frequency
Faster feedback
Quality Perceived better quality
Structure
Easier to understand(?)
Homework They do it!
Increased frequency
Differentiating Increased motivation
Focus on results
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