Thomas Fuchs and Ludger Wossmann of Munich University have a new study out that claims to show The less pupils use computers at school and at home, the better they do in international tests of literacy and maths. This Telegraph Article has more, as does So Does /.. The study, published by the Royal Economic Society, said: “Despite numerous claims by politicians and software vendors to the contrary, the evidence so far suggests that computer use in schools does not seem to contribute substantially to students’ learning of basic skills such as maths or reading.”
I *think* This Page has the study. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
“Holding the other family-background characteristics constant,
students perform significantly worse if they have computers at home. This may reflect the fact
that computers at home may actually distract students from learning, both because learning
with the help of computers may not be the most efficient way of learning and because
computers can be used for other aims than learning.“
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