Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Exploring Issues of Implementation, Equity, and Student Achievement With Educational Software in the DC Public Schools |
| Authors: |
June Ahn, Austin Beck, John Rice, Michelle Foster |
| Source: |
AERA Open, Vol 2 (2016) |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publishing, 2016. |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Education |
| Subject Terms: |
Education |
| More Details: |
In this article, we present analyses from a researcher-practitioner partnership in the District of Columbia Public Schools, where we are exploring the impact of educational software on students’ academic achievement. We analyze a unique data set that combines student-level information from the district with data of student usage of a mathematics game platform: First in Math (FIM). These data offer a window into long-standing issues in the educational technology literature around implementation, equity, and student achievement. We show that time spent in FIM was correlated with improved future performance on standardized math assessments for students in Grades 4–8. However, student time spent using FIM was highly related to factors such as race, gender, and prior achievement. Such observations from data are helpful for school districts and researchers to inform equitable implementation of new technologies and maximize benefits to learners. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2332-8584
23328584 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2332-8584 |
| DOI: |
10.1177/2332858416667726 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/5138855fe0874543b121d347e45de5f0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.5138855fe0874543b121d347e45de5f0 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
