DERNSW One to One Computers in Schools - 2010 Literature Review

One to One Computers in Schools 2010 Literature Review 1 Student Achievement Professional Learning and Laptop Pedagogy Leadership and Technology Integration Technical Support Conclusions and key implications 2 Student Achievement It is the way laptops are used in learning that brings about improvements in achievement. (Silvernail & Gritter, 2007) 3  Increasingly authors are questioning whether standardised testing is appropriate when assessing 21st Century Skills.  Most standardised tests assess basic skills tests using multiple choice answers. This does not address 21st century skills. (Silvernail, 2005, p.3)  Skills inherent to technology and laptop use do not align with standardised testing (Holcomb, 2009)  Henrico County (USA) is developing assessment tools for 21st Century skills. 4  Increasingly authors are questioning whether standardised testing is appropriate when assessing 21st Century Skills  Most standardised tests assess basic skills tests using multiple choice answers. This does not address 21st century skills. (Silvernail, 2005, p.3)  Skills inherent to technology and laptop use do not align with standardised testing (Holcomb, 2009)  Henrico County (USA) is developing assessment tools for 21st Century skills. 5  Increasingly authors are questioning whether standardised testing is appropriate when assessing 21st Century Skills  Most standardised tests assess basic skills tests using multiple choice answers. This does not address 21st century skills. (Silvernail, 2005, p.3)  Skills inherent to technology and laptop use do not align with standardised testing. (Holcomb, 2009)  Henrico County (USA) is developing assessment tools for 21st Century skills. 6  Increasingly authors are questioning whether standardised testing is appropriate when assessing 21st Century Skills  Most standardised tests assess basic skills tests using multiple choice answers. This does not address 21st century skills. (Silvernail, 2005, p.3)  Skills inherent to technology and laptop use do not align with standardised testing (Holcomb, 2009)  Henrico County (USA) is developing assessment tools for 21st Century skills. 7  Despite these limitations, standardised testing is uncovering improvement in the academic achievements of students in one-to-one laptop programs, as shown in the following studies: 8  laptops did increase the scores of the laptop students over the non-laptop students, particularly in the areas of literacy response and analysis and in writing strategies. (Suhr, Hernandez, Grimes, Warshauer, 2010)  Improvementsoccurred in the second year after teething problems were overcome (Suhr, Hernandez, Grimes, Warchauer, 2010)  Unprecedented improvement in Maths, English and Science results (Bebell & Kay, 2010) 9  laptops did increase the scores of the laptop students over the non-laptop students, particularly in the areas of literacy response and analysis and in writing strategies (Suhr, Hernandez, Grimes, Warshauer, 2010)  Improvement occurred in the second year after teething problems were overcome (Suhr, Hernandez, Grimes, Warchauer, 2010)  Unprecedented improvement in Maths, English and Science results (Bebell & Kay, 2010) 10