Action Research!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHZOMGLMAOZEDONG

Presented BySamuel Pang

My topic: ‘What is the link between learning engagement in a laptop class and the

computer literacy of the teacher?’

Why this topic?You may ask.

Alright, that makes senseHow/where did you do this research of action?

ContextMarcellin College Bulleen

Who did I teach? My students were three classes of Year nine students all studying the same

Humanities course.

Each class was made up of 24 students and of the three classes, two of the classes were laptop classes.

The classes had students of mixed abilities.

What literature did you consult Sam?

Good question Daniel.

Good Reading!Guillon, L (2010). “Taking computers to the learning.”, in Teacher, 209, 48-50.

Philipson, G (2005). “Who will train the trainers?”, in Campus Review 15(17), 11-12.

Lauricella, S & Kay, R (2010). “Assessing laptop use in higher education classrooms: the laptop effectiveness scale (LES)” in Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 26(2), 101-119.

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Methodology• Surveys

• Interviews

• Student’s work

Without giving away all the good bits… How about some results?

Because you asked nicely..Students said:

43%

41%

10%5%

6. I feel I can do many things at once with my laptop

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeutralDisagree

60%

30%

10%

7. I think there are better ways we can use computers in class

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Disagree

Whilst teachers said:

10%

30%

10%20%

30%

2. I feel I have had adequate training in regards to ICT

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Disagree

50%

20%

10%

10%

10%

6. I am scared to experiment with in case something goes

wrong

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Disagree

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