Teacher Practical Guidance:

1-to-1 Laptops

Category: Strategy

Rank Order

72

Effect Size

0.18

Achievement Gain %

7

How-To Strategies

Technology (Laptops) Can Be Effective When: Hattie (2023) p. 395

  1. When technology is just one tool in the diversity of teaching strategies utilized;
  2. Teachers have significant pre-training in the use of computers as a teaching tool;
  3. When the student (not the teacher) is in control of the learning and peer-learning is optimized;
  4. “What’s next” feedback is a key part of the process;
  5. The app or technology program fits the teachers lesson expectations including success criteria rubrics

 

Technology Impact Effect Size Data: Hattie (2023) p. 393

  • SmartBoards – 0.89
  • Use with Special Needs students – 0.60
  • Virtual reality – 0.57
  • Robotics – 0.57
  • Interactive video/multimedia – 0.54
  • Simulations – 0.53
  • Intelligent Tutoring systems – 0.52
  • Technology w/Elementary students – 0.44
  • Gaming – 0.41
  • Technology use in Writing – 0.41
  • Technology use in Math – 0.37
  • Technology w/High School Students – 0.30
  • AV methods – 0.29
  • Power Point – 0.26
  • Technology use in Reading – 0.26
  • Distance & On-line learning – 0.25
  • Clickers – 0.21
  • Technology use in Science – 0.18
  • One-on-one laptops – 0.16
  • Facetime & Social Media – (-0.12)
  • Use of Mobile Phones – (-0.27
  • Excessive Screen time – (-0.29)

How-To Resources

References

Ames, M. (2019). The charisma machine: The life, death, and legacy of one laptop per child. MIT Press.

Cuban, L. (2018). The flight of a butterfly or the path of a bullet? Using technology to transform teaching and learning. Harvard Education Press.

Cuban, L. (2001). Oversold and underused: Computers in the classroom. Harvard University Press.

Higgins, S., et.al. (2012). The impact of digital technology on learning: A summary for the educational endowment foundation. Educational Endowment Foundation.

Zheng, (2016)

1-to-1 Laptops

DEFINITION 

DATA

  • 1 meta-analysis

  • 10 research studies

  • 920 students in studies

Hattie (2023) p. 393

QUOTES

“An analysis of the much hyped one-laptop-per-child is a sobering tale of the technology sell – which is so often based on charisma, social imaginaries, and technological utopia. Many schools have cupboards filled with laptops, many still in their shrink-wraps.” Ames (2019)

 

“Asking about the impact of laptops is silly…what’s more important is asking about the effects of what apps are utilized and how technology is integrated with teaching.” Hattie (2023) p. 393

 

 

 

“…they concluded that it is not whether technology is used (or not) that makes a difference but how well that technology is used to support teaching and learning. They noticed higher effects when technology was used collaboratively in pairs or small groups, for short-focused interventions, for tutorial and remedial consolidation work.” Higgins (2012)

 

“Technology has been oversold and underused. It is remarkable how little school and classroom practice changed in the direction (the high-tech advocates) sought, the anemic results in student achievement, and uncertainties in getting the right jobs after graduation, given the claims accompanying these new technologies.” Cuban (2018) p. 1