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What does the research indicate about the use of technology and student learning?
Exerpts from: CRITICAL ISSUE: USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE LEARNING North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (updated 2005) retrieved on 4/15/09 from: [] The paper was originally adapted from a manuscript by Margaret Honey, Katherine McMillan Culp, and Robert Spielvogel, the Center for Children and Technology.

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 * In a 2000 study commissioned by the Software and Information Industry Association, Sivin-Kachala and Bialo (2000) reviewed 311 research studies on the effectiveness of technology on student achievement. Their findings revealed positive and consistent patterns when students were engaged in technology-rich environments, including significant gains and achievement in all subject areas, increased achievement in preschool through high school for both regular and special needs students, and improved attitudes toward learning and increased self-esteem.
 * Research indicates that computer technology can help support learning and is especially useful in developing the higher-order skills of critical thinking, analysis, and scientific inquiry "by engaging students in authentic, complex tasks within collaborative learning contexts" (Roschelle, Pea, Hoadley, Gordin & Means, 2000; Means, et. al., 1993).
 * Results from other studies (Perez-Prado and Thirunarayanan 2002; Cooper 2001; Smith, Ferguson and Caris 2001) also suggest that students can benefit from technology-enhanced collaborative learning methods and the interactive learning process.

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