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Can Computers Help Students Learn?

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T11:34:43Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T11:34:43Z
dc.date.issued 2011-01
dc.description.abstract Policymakers and development experts seeking to improve the quality of education are interested in the role technology can play. Not only do they want to use technology to directly aid learning, but they also want to ensure that students in developing countries - and poor communities everywhere - get the same exposure, and same education benefit, from technology as do their counterparts in wealthier parts of the world. Bringing computers into the schoolroom is seen by experts as one way to do this. But just making technology available may not be enough. Policymakers and development experts need to know how to ensure the technology is used effectively. To assist educators, policymakers and education experts understand how technology may boost the quality of education; the World Bank supported a two-year study of a program in Colombia that places computers in public schools. The study failed to find that the computers led to any measurable increase in student test scores. Researchers suggested this could be because teachers and students mainly used the computers to learn how to use computers, instead of using them as a part of the teaching process. The results do not mean that computers and other information and communications technologies cannot raise educational quality. But it does offer a cautionary note to those seeking to increase the availability of such technology tools: being able to access technology is not always enough - people may also need training in how to use the technology to reach the stated educational goals. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/13721066/can-computers-help-students-learn
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10455
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries From Evidence to Policy; No. 4
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject CLASS ACTIVITIES
dc.subject CLASSROOM
dc.subject CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
dc.subject CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE
dc.subject CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
dc.subject CLASSROOM TEACHING
dc.subject COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject COMPUTER TRAINING
dc.subject COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS
dc.subject EDUCATION EXPERTS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL GOALS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
dc.subject EDUCATORS
dc.subject EXAM
dc.subject GRADE TEACHERS
dc.subject HIGHER GRADES
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS
dc.subject INSTRUCTION
dc.subject JOB OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject LANGUAGE TEACHERS
dc.subject LEARNING
dc.subject MATH SCORES
dc.subject MATH TEACHERS
dc.subject PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject READING
dc.subject RESEARCHERS
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject SCHOOL HEADS
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject STUDENT LEARNING
dc.subject STUDENT SKILLS
dc.subject SUBJECTS
dc.subject TEACHER
dc.subject TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject TEACHERS
dc.subject TEACHING
dc.subject TEACHING AID
dc.subject TEACHING AIDS
dc.subject TEACHING PROCESS
dc.subject TEST SCORES
dc.title Can Computers Help Students Learn? en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2011-02-03
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/13721066/can-computers-help-students-learn
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000334955_20110203041601
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 13721066
okr.identifier.report 59368
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country Colombia
okr.topic Education :: Education For All
okr.topic Tertiary Education
okr.topic Secondary Education
okr.topic Teaching and Learning
okr.topic Education :: Primary Education
okr.unit Chief Economist's Office (HDNCE)
okr.volume 1 of 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 5aedba5e-13ff-4089-9a64-ed60acefbc8b
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