The Use of eReaders in the Classroom and at Home to Help Third-Grade Students Improve Their Reading and English/Language Arts Standardized Test Scores
ARTICLE
Craig D. Union, Lori Walker Union, Tim D. Green
TLRPTIL Volume 59, Number 5, ISSN 8756-3894
Abstract
This study explored the effects of a portable technology intervention, the Nook Simple Touch eReader, on student performance in Reading and English/Language Arts when included as an integral part of the teaching and learning process in an elementary third-grade classroom. This study used the participating students' end-of-year second-grade scores from the 2012 Georgia Online Assessment System (OAS) and end-of-year third-grade Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) as primary data sources. Findings indicate that a portable technology intervention, or in this case the Nook eReader, helped to demonstrate student responsibility and portable technology durability. Improved student achievement was observed during classroom activities in the 2012-2013 academic year.
Citation
Union, C.D., Union, L.W. & Green, T.D. (2015). The Use of eReaders in the Classroom and at Home to Help Third-Grade Students Improve Their Reading and English/Language Arts Standardized Test Scores. TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 59(5), 71-84. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/172533/.
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Keywords
- Achievement Gains
- Class Activities
- Classroom Techniques
- competence
- Criterion Referenced Tests
- Educational Practices
- electronic learning
- Grade 3
- Handheld Devices
- Home Study
- Intervention
- language arts
- Learning Processes
- learning strategies
- Reading Improvement
- Scores
- Standardized Tests
- Student Responsibility
- teaching methods
- Technology Uses in Education