MELISSA ZAKALIKEDPC 690

Professor FazalFall 2010

WILL STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER ON UNIT EXAMS IF THEY

COMPLETE TEXTBOOK BASED HOMEWORK OR TECHNOLOGY BASED

HOMEWORK?

The Study Study will take place over the

course of two units (approximately 1 month)

The first unit students will complete all textbook based homework and then take the unit exam

The second unit students will complete all technology based homework and then take the unit exam

The Study Scores will be compared

from the two exams to see if students perform better in one unit than the other

All participants will be anonymous

Students will complete a survey illustrating their thoughts about the different types of assignments and the effect the difference had on their grades

Certification

Participants (Hopefully) 26 ninth grade global history

students Based on consent and assent

Reason for the Study Other studies have been conducted on

web-based homework v. traditional based homework to see if it impacts student performance

However, those studies have been inconclusive

Questions to Consider Students are 21st century learners A Vision of K-12 Students Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_

A-ZVCjfWf8 They are exposed to technology in their

classes Why should technology for educational

purposes stop when students go home? Will students learn better if they are

using media they are familiar with?

Another Question Students are on Twitter, Facebook, and

other social media sites Will the distractions of the internet

distract students from completing technology based homework to the best of their ability?