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surrealAmerican

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22. If I'm reading that chart correctly ...

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Aug 14, 2012, 04:51 PM

Aug 2012

... this is a pretty solid case against whatever non-iPad method they've been using. If only about 1/3 of your students wind up "proficient" or better, that system's a failure. Actually the iPad method only leaves a little over half the students "proficient", which is not exactly encouraging either.

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iPads in the classroom raise math scores 49% [View all] onehandle Aug 2012 OP

You don't need iPads to flip your classroom. Igel Aug 2012 #1

Helicopter Parents are texting them the answers in real time. FSogol Aug 2012 #2

bullshit HiPointDem Aug 2012 #3

Are you possibly a Luddite? (n/t) spin Aug 2012 #6

ahh, i see why you believe this report. the kind of person who thinks namecalling = critique HiPointDem Aug 2012 #8

It's not about changing the delivery media, it's about best use of "face time" Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2012 #13

whatever it's about, it doesnt raise scores 50%. i don't care what their research says, i've HiPointDem Aug 2012 #23

I didn't mean that as an insult ... spin Aug 2012 #17

We need to move our educational system into the current century. .... spin Aug 2012 #4

I think a teacher from 1900 might be shocked Nevernose Aug 2012 #14

True but would a teacher from the 1970s be shocked? spin Aug 2012 #19

Absolutely, unequivocally, no way in hell (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2012 #5

The NASA Engineers That Put A Man On The Moon in 1969 Yavin4 Aug 2012 #7

Did they adjust for the edhopper Aug 2012 #9

Or maybe? loyalsister Aug 2012 #10

Maybe they are using the paperless voting machine software for grading. n/t 2on2u Aug 2012 #30

Those iPads sure are smart! cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #11

lol! Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #16

I suspect total bullshit Nevernose Aug 2012 #12

Things have changed a lot. ryan_cats Aug 2012 #15

Gee.. who would have ever thought that the ability to google the answer SoCalDem Aug 2012 #18

Observer's Paradox ? eppur_se_muova Aug 2012 #20

Hmm, sounds like a rigged study designed to replace teachers with machines MadHound Aug 2012 #21

If I'm reading that chart correctly ... surrealAmerican Aug 2012 #22

A moment of appreciation for Jobs flamingdem Aug 2012 #24

if they'd had a calculator in the 50's i'd been a genius spanone Aug 2012 #25

I don't see anything in that post suggesting there was a control group. LeftyMom Aug 2012 #26

The "comments" section Le Taz Hot Aug 2012 #27

Yeah, they've got calculators on them. Marr Aug 2012 #28

I just love seeing commercial SPAM astroturfed as posts on this board. leveymg Aug 2012 #29