Does Using a Tablet for Assessments Improve Students’ Assessment Scores?
Location
Room 1005
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Poster
Abstract
After being given an iPad to use in my classroom, students quickly began to demonstrate growth behaviorally. Students were allowed access to the iPad after completing an activity or earning all of their reinforcer/tokens. Being that the students were doing so well with using the iPad as a reinforcer, I began to wander the impact using the iPad would have on students’ assessment scores. Therefore, I posed the question as to whether or not the iPad/tablet would increase students’ assessment scores. This paper discusses teacher perspectives of using the iPad as well as the data collected and analyzed to determine if, in fact, the iPad/tablet does increase students’ scores when being used as an assessment tool. Since there was such a great improvement with students’ behaviors, I would hypothesize that the iPad/tablet would also improve students’ assessment scores.
Keywords
Special needs students, Unique curriculum, Autism Spectrum Disorder (includes Asperger’s), Moderate Intellectual Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disabilities
Recommended Citation
Owens, Jennifer L., "Does Using a Tablet for Assessments Improve Students’ Assessment Scores?" (2014). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 28.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2014/2014/28
Proposal
Does Using a Tablet for Assessments Improve Students’ Assessment Scores?
Room 1005
After being given an iPad to use in my classroom, students quickly began to demonstrate growth behaviorally. Students were allowed access to the iPad after completing an activity or earning all of their reinforcer/tokens. Being that the students were doing so well with using the iPad as a reinforcer, I began to wander the impact using the iPad would have on students’ assessment scores. Therefore, I posed the question as to whether or not the iPad/tablet would increase students’ assessment scores. This paper discusses teacher perspectives of using the iPad as well as the data collected and analyzed to determine if, in fact, the iPad/tablet does increase students’ scores when being used as an assessment tool. Since there was such a great improvement with students’ behaviors, I would hypothesize that the iPad/tablet would also improve students’ assessment scores.
