Implementing Educational Software and Evaluating Its Academic Effectiveness: Part I

Authors

Karen Jolicoeur
Dale E. Berger, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Behavioral and Organizational Sciences (CGU)

Publication Date

9-1988

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Education

Abstract

Two major obstacles are responsible for the delay in getting good educational software into schools. First, software implementation is a complex process that many schools are simply not prepared to undertake. Second, there is very little empirical research available on the specific factors that make educational software effective, leaving it extremely difficult to separate good from poor quality software. We will describe a basic plan for implementing educational software into classrooms, incorporating a research design that permits educational researchers to measure the effectiveness of the software. Part I of this series of two articles presents a basic plan for implementing educational software into classrooms.

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Recommended Citation

This article first appeared as Jolicoeur, K., & Berger, D. E. (1988). Implementing educational software and evaluating its academic effectiveness: Part I. Educational Technology, 28(9), 7-13.