Computers in schools do not improve academic performance

Computers and other technical devices, which are equipped with classrooms in schools that do not improve the academic results of the students. Such data was received by the Organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD).



Scientists have conducted extensive research in more than 70 countries around the world to identify how the use of information technology affects the performance. According to the report, every year in the technological equipment of schools around the world invested 17.5 billion pounds (about of 1.77 trillion rubles). The students, more time conducting at the computer in the school is worse than those who use technical means moderately.

Among the seven countries with the highest levels of Internet use in school in three countries — Australia, New Zealand and Sweden — students demonstrated a significant deterioration of results in reading. In another three to Spain, Norway and Denmark — the level of student achievement was "stagnant".

Highly effective school systems in South Korea and Shanghai in China to a lesser extent, resorted to computers in the learning process. Better than other students "digital skills own students from Singapore, where technical means are used moderately.

While students from countries and cities with the lowest levels of Internet use in schools — South Korea, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Japan — showed the best results in international tests.

According to the Director of educational programs of the OECD Andreas Schleicher, information technology "turned" the head teachers, but it has deceived many have high hope for them.

Note that, according to various studies, decrease in school performance affected by many factors, including coleoplera SMS and social networks. Among the ways to improve academic performance scientists call the postponement of the start Sonatina a later time and even teaching standing.published

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