Teaching with technology: Does access to computer technology increase student achievement?

This paper examines whether the use of computer technology as a supplemental study aid actually enhances student achievement in introductory economics. Data were collected for multiple sections over a four-semester period to test that hypothesis. The use of course web pages and online, multiple choi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Eastern economic journal 2004-10, Vol.30 (4), p.507-514
Hauptverfasser: Harter, Cynthia L, Harter, John F. R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper examines whether the use of computer technology as a supplemental study aid actually enhances student achievement in introductory economics. Data were collected for multiple sections over a four-semester period to test that hypothesis. The use of course web pages and online, multiple choice quizzes does not seem to increase student scores on common multiple-choice questions on the final or on the final itself.
ISSN:0094-5056
1939-4632