[Maths-Education] ICT in mathematics

[Maughan, Sarah]

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Hi
I am trying to find some evidence about whether ICT has a positive impact on attainment in mathematics and wonder if anyone has any good examples?  If you look at syntheses of research they tend to find little or no positive impact, over and above good teaching.  However, I believe there are some examples of where the findings are more positive, usually in terms of a particular kind of ICT in a particular context.  Can anyone let me know which are the key research reports in this area?  I am particularly interested in impact on attainment rather than motivation or engagement (even though ultimately this is likely to improve attainment), so ICT use that directly helps with understanding of particular concepts for example.

Thanks for your help.

Sarah

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