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Notebook PCs increase student motivation while encouraging technology skills, according to a recent report.
Students are self-directed and get highly personalized instruction with their own computers and Internet access, according to The Center for Research in Education Policy at the University of Memphis, which released results of a report on the subject at the National Educational Computing Conference Thursday.
The report is backed by HP and based on observations of Michigan's Freedom to Learn program in 2004 and 2005. It also reflects surveys of teachers, students, and administrators.
About 23,000 students and 1,500 teachers in 100 Michigan school districts are participating in the program. Students get their own wireless H...
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Students are self-directed and get highly personalized instruction with their own computers and Internet access, according to The Center for Research in Education Policy at the University of Memphis, which released results of a report on the subject at the National Educational Computing Conference Thursday.
The report is backed by HP and based on observations of Michigan's Freedom to Learn program in 2004 and 2005. It also reflects surveys of teachers, students, and administrators.
About 23,000 students and 1,500 teachers in 100 Michigan school districts are participating in the program. Students get their own wireless H...
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