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**TagBahthuff** · 07-25-2012, 08:45 PM

Ben, I'm not going to bother trying to explain to you what you should already know as a teacher in 2012. Sorry.

FWIW, yes they do perform better. There's all kinds of studies. The most recent one I saw showed a ~16% improvement in student achievement with IWBs all else being equal. That is, if a student scored 50% without, they scored 66% with.

It all depends on teacher competence, though. IWBs can hurt student achievement if the teacher doesn't care to learn how to use them appropriately. They can become a distraction or just a static slide machine, depending on how inept the teacher is.

Look, even Texans love them.

07-25-2012, 08:45 PM	#29
TagBahthuff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 495 Senior Member	Ben, I'm not going to bother trying to explain to you what you should already know as a teacher in 2012. Sorry. FWIW, yes they do perform better. There's all kinds of studies. The most recent one I saw showed a ~16% improvement in student achievement with IWBs all else being equal. That is, if a student scored 50% without, they scored 66% with. It all depends on teacher competence, though. IWBs can hurt student achievement if the teacher doesn't care to learn how to use them appropriately. They can become a distraction or just a static slide machine, depending on how inept the teacher is. Look, even Texans love them.
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