Bridging the Social Gap Through Educational Technology  

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Rosen, Yigal ; Wolf, Iris

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Educational Technology: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education vol. 51 no. 05 (Sep. 2011), page 39.
Topik: SES; Socio-Economic; Israel; Education

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: E22 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This Article describes the educational effects of the time to know Digital Teaching Platform used with low socio-economic status (SES) students' in learning mathematics, Hebrew, and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Israel. The study described in the article is based on the assumption that one of the possible solutions for bridging the social gap between low-SES students and others can be basedon narrowing the "digital divide," particulary by bringing a 1:1 computing social-constructivist learning environment to the low-SES students. The subjects were 49 fifth-grade students of a low-SES, who joined a Time To Know program in Israel, and 42 fifth-grade students who learned in a traditional setting. Finding indicated that learning with the Time To Know program significantly enhanced students' matematics, Hebrew, and EFL achievements. In addition, the findings showed that as a result of learning in the Time To Know environment, the knowledge and skills gap between the students was significantly narrowed. The authors discuss the nature if the unique impact of educational technology on low-SES students and suggest practical implications of their research findings.

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