Upgrading education with technology: Insights from experimental research

M Escueta, AJ Nickow, P Oreopoulos… - Journal of Economic …, 2020 - aeaweb.org
In recent years, there has been widespread interest around the potential for technology to
transform learning. As investment in education technology continues to grow, students …

[PDF][PDF] From unequal access to differentiated use: A literature review and agenda for research on digital inequality

P DiMaggio, E Hargittai, C Celeste… - Social …, 2004 - digitalinclusion.typepad.com
The Internet boosts immeasurably our collective capacity to archive information, search
through large quantities of it quickly, and retrieve it rapidly. It is said that the Internet will …

Is the use of ICT in education leading to higher student outcomes? Analysis from the Spanish Autonomous Communities

M Fernández-Gutiérrez, G Gimenez, J Calero - Computers & Education, 2020 - Elsevier
The impact of ICT on educational achievements is a controversial issue which has attracted
increasing attention from both policy makers and researchers. Policy makers have shown …

Factors that explain the use of ICT in secondary-education classrooms: The role of teacher characteristics and school infrastructure

J Gil-Flores, J Rodríguez-Santero… - Computers in human …, 2017 - Elsevier
Paradoxically, in Spain, schools have relatively ample information and communication
technology (ICT) infrastructure but low levels of classroom ICT use. In this study, we analyse …

Disrupting education? Experimental evidence on technology-aided instruction in India

K Muralidharan, A Singh, AJ Ganimian - American Economic Review, 2019 - aeaweb.org
We study the impact of a personalized technology-aided after-school instruction program in
middle-school grades in urban India using a lottery that provided winners with free access to …

Technology and education: Computers, software, and the internet

G Bulman, RW Fairlie - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2016 - Elsevier
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families, and
policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the …

Research Commentary—Too Big to Fail: Large Samples and the p-Value Problem

M Lin, HC Lucas Jr, G Shmueli - Information systems …, 2013 - pubsonline.informs.org
The Internet has provided IS researchers with the opportunity to conduct studies with
extremely large samples, frequently well over 10,000 observations. There are many …

Is it the way they use it? Teachers, ICT and student achievement

SL Comi, G Argentin, M Gui, F Origo… - Economics of Education …, 2017 - Elsevier
We provide evidence on whether ICT-related teaching practices affect student achievement.
We use a unique student-teacher dataset containing variables on a wide set of very specific …

Regression discontinuity designs in economics

DS Lee, T Lemieux - Journal of economic literature, 2010 - aeaweb.org
This paper provides an introduction and “user guide” to Regression Discontinuity (RD)
designs for empirical researchers. It presents the basic theory behind the research design …

Technology and child development: Evidence from the one laptop per child program

J Cristia, P Ibarrarán, S Cueto, A Santiago… - American Economic …, 2017 - aeaweb.org
This paper presents results from a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop per
Child program, using data collected after 15 months of implementation in 318 primary …