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The Impact of Personal Digital Assistants on Academic Achievement

出版	ERIC Clearinghouse, 2005
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6tzivgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋A positive correlation has been found between laptops and student achievement. Laptops are similar to Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in many respects. This study seeks to determine the effect of PDA usage on high school student academic achievement. It was hypothesized that a positive correlation between PDA usage and academic achievement in general exists. Thirty-seven randomly selected students from the Millburn High School classes of 2006 and 2007 were given PDAs. Academic achievement, as measured by grade point average, of PDA-enabled students was observed for a five-month period and compared to the general student population. This process was repeated four times. A statistically significant correlation was found between the PDA-enabled students and their academic achievement when compared to the general student population. In a second study, a PDA participatory simulation was created and tested. It was found to be a statistically significant teaching tool. The improvement resulting from PDAs, available at one-tenth the price of laptops, is greater than the achievement increase found by the Rockman (1998) study of laptop computers. Therefore, a significant reallocation of educational technology purchases from laptops to PDAs may be warranted. Future work includes incorporating the learning style variable into the study. The following are appended: (1) "uTrak"--Custom Usage Tracking Software; and (2) C# Custom Survey Software. (Contains 11 tables and 5 graphs.).