Increasing Student Achievement with TechnologyBy Vincent L. Williams

Topics of Discussion

I. Student Achievement – Standardized Test

II. Technology & High-Order Thinking

III. Technology & Student Engagement

IV. Conclusion

Student Achievement – Standardized TestsStudents’ performance on

standardized test increases dramatically when they’re exposed to technology.

Dr. John Schacter’s “Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement: What the Most Current Research Has to Say” – Milken Foundation

A. Numerous reports proved student achievement and technology have a direct relationship.

Student Achievement

Dr. Schacter 1999

Student Achievement

Technology & High-Order Thinking

High Order ThinkingLego Logo

(Resnick & Ocko 1994)

Co Vis Project – Edelsen, Pea, Gomez 1996)

Jasper Woodbury (Cognition & Technology Group at Vanderbilt 1992)

Constructivist Environments: a place where learners may work together and support each other as they use a variety of tools and information resources in their guided pursuit of learning goals and problem-solving activities. - Dr. B.G. Wilson

Technology & Student Engagement

Technology allows students to collaborate, become self-engaged learners, and also develop high-order thinking skills

Student Engagement

Student Engagement

Conclusion

We have looked at Technology’s role in:

1. Student Achievement

2. High-Order Thinking

3. Student Engagement

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday we rob our children of tomorrow”… John Dewey