Digital notebooks presented technical difficulties with projection and loading during in-school implementation.¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: tool and model accuracy changes quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Teachers encountered technical difficulties projecting and loading the digital notebook activity in classrooms. → Li 2020

Evidence¶

Li 2020¶

Li, L., Luttgen, K., Huang, K., Weiser, G., Cornfield, O., Hess, H., Chow, E., & Schneider, M. (2020). Hero Elementary Playlist RCT Study in Formal School and Distance Learning Contexts. WestEd. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/dd/index.asp

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Teacher report on notebook implementation in the in-school implementation findings. Most teachers conducted a whole-class introduction using a projector but did not provide much instruction on responding to notebook prompts; teachers reported "technical difficulties related to projecting and loading the notebook activity". No effect size is reported.

"A few teachers noted some technical difficulties related to projecting and loading the notebook activity."

Discussion¶

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