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"Students in low decile Northland schools are learning three times faster using electronic devices, a new report shows" notes Emma Russell, reporter for the New Zealand Herald.
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The University of Auckland's Woolf Fisher Research Centre tracked
nearly 400 pupils aged 8 to 14 from six schools around the region who
were using digital learning last year.
The cluster of schools were Manaia View School, Whau Valley Primary, Te
Kura o Ōtangarei, Whangārei Intermediate, Tikipunga High School and
Hikurangi Primary School.
Dr
Rebecca Jesson, who led the research, said some of the students had made
gains at more than three times the rate of the previous year.
"All lines are pointing upwardly for all year levels for both genders and all ethnicities, which is huge," Jesson said.
She said there was particular improvement in writing, which was a
subject that often faced underperformance, and significant progress in
maths.
Source: New Zealand Herald
