Today with technology, students are starting to use ipads, laptops, smart phones and other tablet devices to take notes for all of their classes. SO the question is which one can help you improve, new technology or “old fashion” writing with a pen to paper. What I am looking to observe is the laptop versus a notebook. I want to conduct an experimental research to see if technology can boost, lower or keep grades of the students the same. The research method I would use is a case study. I would take a handful of students and give them laptops to do classwork and study with, then test them 2 weeks later. Then I would give another group of students notebooks for classwork and studying and also test them 2weeks later. The students would be the dependent variable and the laptop and notebook as the independent variable. I feel that the students writing would obtain higher grades because all senses are being used. With the laptop everything is more visual than anything. The students would benefit in terms of them having and understanding of what method can improve there grades. I thought that I wouldnt get any data that would answer my hypothesis. I think that being the tests alternately for each group would also show if the group with the laptops get tested with the notebook method it would show if they made an improvement with grades or not.
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