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Computers, Learning Outcomes, and the Choices Facing Students

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Lester Hadsell () (University at Albany)
Gerald T. Burke (University at Albany)
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We model the tradeoff students face between devoting time to coursework and time for other activities. We show how the model can be used to identify whether computers are productive tools and whether students will learn more when using computers. We present our own empirical findings, in a case study focusing on college composition. Only one-sixth of the students in our study fall into the category indicating that the computer was a productivity enhancing tool even though more than half achieved the same or higher measure of learning.

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Volume (Year): 33 (2007)
Issue (Month): 1 (Winter)
Pages: 111-124
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  1. Michael P. Murray, 1999. "Econometrics Lectures in a Computer Classroom," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 30(3), pages 308-324. [Downloadable!]
  2. Steven A. Greenlaw, 1999. "Using Groupware to Enhance Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Economics," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 30(1), pages 33-42. [Downloadable!]
  3. Stephen J. Schmidt, 2003. "Active and Cooperative Learning Using Web-Based Simulations," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 34(2), pages 151-168. [Downloadable!]
  4. Richard G. Lipsey & Gideon Rosenbluth, 1971. "A Contribution to the New Theory of Demand: A Rehabilitation of the Giffen Good," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 4(2), pages 131-63, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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