The report attributes stagnant learning results to program implementation rather than to the ed-tech tools themselves¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The authors conclude that the programs' implementation, not the tools, led to largely stagnant results for student learning. → Christina Luke 2016

Evidence¶

Christina Luke 2016¶

Christina Luke, Christa M. Simone, Aubrey T. Francisco. (2016). Rapid Cycle Pilots: Summer Ed-Tech Programs. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/8017846c-4099-4af3-92e4-462cd5d6262d doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/26

q1 · i? · design · r2

Authors' interpretive conclusion drawn from usage data across the three pilots; it is their stated interpretation rather than a tested result, since the pilots did not manipulate implementation format.

"The limited time students spent using their assigned ed-tech tools suggests that the program’s implementation, and not necessarily the tools themselves, led to largely stagnant results for student learning."

Discussion¶

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