Karin Archer|Robert Savage|Sukhbinder Sanghera-Sidhu|Eileen Wood|Alexandra Gottardo|Victoria Chen
Examining the effectiveness of technology use in classrooms: A tertiary meta-analysis
Wilfrid Laurier University|McGill University|McGill University|Wilfrid Laurier University|Wilfrid Laurier University|McGill University
identifying effective literacy instruction programs focal point governments educators parents last decades ontario ministry education 2004 2006 council ontario directors education 2011 given increasing use computer technologies classroom home variety information communication technology ict interventions learning introduced metaanalyses comparing impact programs learning however yielded inconsistent findings andrews et al 2007 torgerson zhu 2003 slavin et al 2008 slavin et al 2009 present tertiary metaanalytic review reassesses outcomes presented three previous metaanalyses four moderator variables assessed impact systematic review retrieved training support implementation fidelity delivered intervention teacher versus researcher significant results found training support entered moderator variable small overall effectiveness icts es 018 similar found previous research increasing significantly es 057 findings indicate importance including implementation factors training support considering relative effectiveness ict interventions