Online Mathematics Homework Increases Student Achievement:

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Jeremy Roschelle¹ 

关键词: computers;    learning;    effect size;    evaluation;    experimental design;    hierarchical linear modeling;    homework;    mathematics education;    technology;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2332858416673968

学科分类：发展心理学和教育心理学

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

In a randomized field trial with 2,850 seventh-grade mathematics students, we evaluated whether an educational technology intervention increased mathematics learning. Assigning homework is common yet sometimes controversial. Building on prior research on formative assessment and adaptive teaching, we predicted that combining an online homework tool with teacher training could increase learning. The online tool ASSISTments (a) provides timely feedback and hints to students as they do homework and (b) gives teachers timely, organized information about students’ work. To test this prediction, we analyzed data from 43 schools that participated in a random assignment experiment in Maine, a state that provides every seventh-grade student with a laptop to take home. Results showed that the intervention significantly increased student scores on an end-of-the-year standardized mathematics assessment as compared with a control group that continued with existing homework practices. Students with low prior mathematics achievement benefited most. The intervention has potential for wider adoption.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC