Laptop Computers and Multimedia and Presentation Software: Their Effects on Student Achievement in Anatomy and Physiology

Аннотация

Many students and teachers believe technology may enhance learning (Mehlinger, 1996); as a result, computers are becoming a mainstay in elementary and secondary classrooms (Grimm, 1995). Laptop computers and multimedia and presentation software are two educational technology trends that have drawn recent attention. As these emerging technologies are introduced to the classroom, research is needed to investigate their effect on student achievement. Beasley and Waugh (1996) warned that research is lagging far behind advances in the capabilities of the multimedia technology. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether exposure to multimedia and presentation software on laptop computers influenced student achievement in a high school anatomy and physiology science course.