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> All of my programming classes have been helped tremendously by having access to a computer… That's sort of like saying that writing is helped tremendously by
by xienze 5y ago
> All of my programming classes have been helped tremendously by having access to a computer…
That's sort of like saying that writing is helped tremendously by access to pen and paper.
Usually the question of "does tech in the classroom help" is related to overall educational outcomes. And where it's not so clear is the fact that, well, overall educational outcomes in the US have been on a downward trend for decades despite access to tech in the classroom only increasing over time.
- lern_too_spel 5y agoOverall educational outcomes in the US have been on an upward trend for all groups, with the percentage of test takers achieving a perfect score on the SAT or the ACT steadily increasing year over year. People who went to school decades ago were dumber than people who went to school recently, and it isn't even close.
- WalterBright 5y agohttps://blog.prepscholar.com/average-sat-scores-over-time https://blog.prepscholar.com/average-sat-scores-over-time Note that the SATs have been renormed a couple of times.
- alisonkisk 5y ago
- lern_too_spel 5y agoYou're looking at averages, which are strongly affected by the fact that more people are going to college. The percentage of perfect scores shows that even despite more people going to college, people at the top (though it's true at every level) are smarter.
- WalterBright 5y agoOr it may show that the test is easier. I.e. the "renorming" done more than once.