Report: Computers 'Do Not Improve' Pupil Results

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @06:45AM from the makes-them-good-at-oregon-trail-though dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A report issued by the UK's Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has evaluated how technology in classrooms affects test results, and found that the availability of computers provides "no noticeable improvement" to students' test scores. According to the report, "Students who use computers very frequently at school get worse results." Also, "high achieving school systems such as South Korea and Shanghai in China have lower levels of computer use in school." The organization warns that classroom technology can be a distraction if implemented unwisely, and it also opens the door to easy ways of cheating.

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Re:Common sense = none by ShanghaiBill · 2015-09-15 07:53 · Score: 1, Troll

They are out working their second job so their children can eat.
No they aren't. 60% of households in the bottom quintile (20%) have NO ONE employed. Households in the top quintile, have, on average, 2.1 people employed. It is the rich, not the poor, that are pressed for time.