"科技真能幫助學生嗎？"

一份新的報告顯示科技方面的投資對學生並無幫助。

世界各地的學校近年來都投資在現代科技上。一般相信若學習包括花時間在看螢幕而非書本的話，學生可以學到更多，也會更有動力。然而一項由美國進步中心所做的最新研究發現，投資在平版電腦和數位白板對於改變國內教育方式的效果不大。

撰寫這份報告的尤里奇波瑟表示：「學校常常在缺乏個別學習目標的狀況下購入數位設備，最終使用這些設備的方式未能充分滿足學生、學校或納稅人的需求。」研究亦發現，無人收集到任何證據可顯示投資在科技上能改善學生表現。

數位學習的專家表示，只要運用得當，科技可改善學業表現。任職於藍德公司的約翰潘恩提到，良好的數位導向學習方法，讓學生得以更加獨立學習，而且可依照自己的速度，意味著教師可花更多時間處理學生個人的需求。

(Education) Is Technology Really Helping Students

A new report suggests students have not been helped by investments in technology.

Schools around the world have been investing in modern technology in recent years. There is a belief that students will learn more and be more motivated if their studies involve time spent looking at screens rather than books. However, a new US study conducted by the Center for American Progress has found that an investment in tablets and digital whiteboards has done little to alter educational practices in the country.

Ulrich Boser, who wrote the report, said that schools frequently acquire digital devices without discrete learning goals and ultimately use these devices in ways that fail to adequately serve students, schools, or taxpayers. The study also found that no one had collected any evidence to show that investment in technology had improved student performance.

Experts in digital learning say that technology can improve academic performance as long as it is used properly. John Pane, who works at the RAND Corporation, noted that good, digitally led learning approaches allow students to learn more independently and at their own speed, which means that teachers can spend more time addressing students individual needs.

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