What Does the Research Say?

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About What Does the Research Say?

The following is a quarterly, free, joint publication of Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN). To sign up to receive this publication regularly, please fill out and submit the subscription form.

Vol. 1: Does Technology Enhance Inquiry-Based Learning?

Glenn M. Kleiman, Director, EDC Center for Online Professional Education

Summary

This research brief, the first in a planned series, focuses on research into the effectiveness of the Enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies (eMINTS) program. The mission of eMINTS is "to support Missouri educators as they integrate multimedia technology into inquiry-based, student-centered, interdisciplinary, collaborative teaching practices that result in higher levels of student performance." eMINTS began as an initial demonstration project conducted in 1997 and is now a large scale program involving more than 16,000 students in 3rd and 4th grade classrooms across Missouri. This brief summarizes the research results on four key questions:

1. Does the eMINTS program increase student learning?
   
   
2. Does the impact of the eMINTS program on student learning differ for different groups of students?
   
   
3. Are the increases in student learning in the eMINTS program tied to specific changes in classroom practices?
   
   
4. Does the approach of the school principal influence the impact of the eMINTS program?
   
   

It also considers the debate about what research methods can provide valid data for drawing conclusions about these questions.

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