<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Caroline Meeks</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span><br> Date: Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:22 PM<br>Subject: Re: [support-gang] "Teaching for Understanding" (drill+kill yes, but then construct..)<br>To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> <br><br>thanks Adam, here is the exact quote:<div><br></div><div>"If computers were used in ways that allowed students to explore mathematics, rather then simply to drill math facts, then "computer use is positively associated with student performance," meaning the students using computers for exploring did better on tests then students who did not use computers, or who did not use them in an open ended way." (p. 9)<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div class="h5"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th align="right" nowrap valign="baseline">Subject: </th> <td>[math4] Resource on using technology in educaiton</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="right" nowrap valign="baseline">Date: </th> <td>Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:30:24 -0400</td> </tr> <tr> <th align="right" nowrap valign="baseline">From: </th> <td>Caroline Meeks <a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com" target="_blank"><caroline@solutiongrove.com></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th align="right" nowrap valign="baseline">To: </th> <td><a href="mailto:fourthgrademath@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">fourthgrademath@lists.sugarlabs.org</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br> <div>I am taking "Teaching for Understanding" this semester and this reading stands out as a good introduction for those of you creating activities for 4th grade math. It covers the debates on technology in schools, provides pointers to good resources and summarizes research. For instance improvements in math outcomes is only associated with increased computer usage when computers are used for more then drill and practice and offer opportunities to explore math concepts.</div> <div><br> </div> <div> <p style="margin:0px;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">Zucker, A.A. (2008) Chps. 1 & 2 in Transforming Schools with Technology, Harvard </p> <p style="margin:0px;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">Education Press, Cambridge, 1-26, 27-49</p> <div><br> </div> Let me know if you want me to keep an eye out for more readings that are relevant to 4th grade math.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div>Caroline<br> -- <br> Caroline Meeks<br> Solution Grove<br> <a href="mailto:Caroline@SolutionGrove.com" target="_blank">Caroline@SolutionGrove.com</a><br> <br> 617-500-3488 - Office<br> 505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div> </div> <br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br> support-gang mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><div class="im"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br>