Simona Comi|Gianluca Argentin|Marco Gui|Federica Origo|Laura Pagani
Is it the way they use it? Teachers, ICT and student achievement
University of Milano-Bicocca|Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|University of Milano-Bicocca|University of Bergamo|University of Milano-Bicocca
provide evidence whether ictrelated teaching practices affect student achievement use unique studentteacher dataset containing variables wide set specific uses computer ict teachers matched data national standardized tests 10th grade students identification strategy relies withinstudent betweensubject estimator rich set teachers controls find computerbased teaching methods increase student performance increase students awareness ict use enhance communication instead find negative impact practices requiring active role students classes using ict findings suggest effectiveness ict school depends actual practice teachers make ability integrate ict teaching process