Tidigare forskning visar att användandet av datorer gynnar elevers skrivande genom den hjälp de kan få av olika ordbehandlingsprogram. Forskning har också visat att det finns en risk att lärare väljer bort datorn i undervisningen om de egna kunskaperna eller det egna intresset inte tycks vara tillräckligt. Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilka faktorer lärare upplever påverkar dem att använda datorer i undervisningen för att utveckla elevers skrivande i åk 4-6. För att besvara studiens syfte ställs följande frågeställningar: Vad beskriver lärarna påverkar dem att använda datorer i sin undervisning? Vilka faktorer behöver, enligt lärarna, utvecklas eller förändras för att arbetet med datorer ska bli mer gynnsamt för elevernas skrivutveckling? Studien är en kvalitativ studie genomförd med semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex  verksamma lärare i ämnet svenska i årskurs 4-6. Studien inspireras av den sociokulturella teorin. Resultatet visar att det är flera faktorer som påverkar. Bland annat tillgången till datorer men också lärares intresse och kunskaper. / Previous research has shown that the use of computers in education is good for students’ writing development. Research has also shown that there could be a risk that teachers choose to not use computers in education because of their own lack of knowledge and interest. The aim of this study is to explore what factors teachers experience affect them to use computers in teaching to develop students’ writing in grades 4-6. To answer this, the following questions were asked: •What do the teachers describe influence them to use computers in their teaching? • What factors, according to the teachers, need to be developed or changed in order for computer work to be more beneficial for students' writing development? This study is a qualitative study based on interviews with six teachers in the Swedish subject in grade 4-6. The study is inspired by the sociocultural perspective. The result shows that there are several factors that affect. For example, access to computers but also teachers’ interests and knowledge.

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This research explored the impact of a sixth grade one-to-one laptop initiative on student attitudes about learning and technological competencies. The study compared student preintervention and postintervention survey data prior to and after a sixth grade laptop intervention initiative. The survey responses were divided into 5 dimensions (School Subject Attitudes, Teaching and Learning Preferences, Computer Use Perceptions, Technology Skills, and Personal Attitudes and Behaviors) on both pre- and postsurveys. District means were compared with preintervention and postintervention data, as well as the means from the 5 dimensions, using a one-sample t-test with a midpoint test value of 3 on a 5-point scale. Ninety students participated in the preintervention survey and 93 students participated in the postintervention survey across 3 schools. The findings indicated that there was a statistically significant difference in student responses in 4 of the 5 dimensions except Teaching and Learning Preferences. Overall the findings on the 2 dimensions related to technological competencies had statistically significant scores on the postintervention survey, whereas the findings on 2 of the 3 sections related to student attitudes about learning had statistically significant scores. In conclusion, generally the laptop intervention initiative had an overall positive impact on student attitudes and technological competencies. The researcher concluded that the timing of the postsurvey, as well as the research taking place during the first year of implementation could have had an impact on the Teaching and Learning Preferences results. Examining the impact of one-to-one initiatives on student attitudes about learning and technological competencies could support districts in making the decision of adopting this technology.

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Yes / The development of students’ mathematics skills in higher education is often the topic of professional debate in learning development circles. Less prevalent are discussions taking place around the interpersonal dynamics that occur during one-to-one (tutorial) sessions. This case study explores these dynamics. It arose from the continuing professional development activities of an adviser (learning developer) at a UK university. As a result of recording one-to-one mathematics sessions it was found that the adviser was unconsciously competent and that, although she was adept at identifying her areas for development, she struggled to articulate the considerable strengths of her practice. We wanted to find a way of describing, analysing and evaluating her competence, and alighted upon the person-centred approach. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to present the synthesis of maths skills practice with this approach in the hope of stimulating further research and professional conversation in the learning development community. The report offers novel idiographic findings through the application of person-centred theory to one practitioner’s experience of delivering maths skills development. We conclude by suggesting that focusing on the relationship between adviser and student can help to create conditions conducive to successful one-to-one education.

Doctor of Philosophy / Curriculum and Instruction Programs / Marjorie R. Hancock / The purpose of this study was to explore participants' (teachers, students, administrators, and parents) experiences and perceptions regarding the perceived impact a rural high school's one-to-one laptop initiative had on content area literacy, new literacy's, and critical literacy. Through a case study, data were collected through multiple sources and viewpoints to obtain an in-depth perspective of how this rural high school's one-to-one laptop initiative had perceivably impacted teacher's instruction to enhance student learning. Data were collected and analyzed through a blending of direct interpretation and categorical analysis, presenting the following findings. The one-to-one laptop initiative's technology was utilized: (a) by student participants for academic purposes, personal efficiency, and recreational purposes, (b) by teacher participants for educational purposes, and (c) within content area instruction. Resulting from the access to laptop technology, this study documented the purposes of finding information for assignments, facilitating "just in time" learning, and stimulating schema about curricular content. Content area literacy instruction was perceivably effected because of the multiple textual formats the technology provided, and instructional occurrences were documented as developing vocabulary and fostering either content comprehension or reading comprehension. The new literacy's and how they were implemented within the mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies classrooms were discussed. The role of critical literacy was presented in relation to students' sense of agency, and the power dynamic within various content area classes. The majority of participants were documented having a positive perception regarding the one-to-one laptop initiative. Although integration of technology was occurring, there were opportunities lacking that could further develop teachers' instruction to enhance student learning. When considering professional development within schools implementing a one-to-one technology initiative, administrative teams should: (a) consider what will be requisite versus elective technology integration tasks, and (b) ensure professional support is provided to teachers regarding integrating technology within their pedagogical practices. Additionally, teachers should instructionally integrate the technology tools and literacy's that students currently employ. Pedagogically, this study implies that teachers must expand their comfort zones regarding content area literacy, new literacy's, and critical literacy.

The purpose with this paper is to study the function of computer, in the teaching of One-to-One.   To get information and answers to the purpose and issues, a number of educators were interviewed. Research and literature in the field have been studied.   The questions discussed are: what strategies do teachers use and develop in their teaching and do they feel that their students reach higher results in One-to-One-teaching. The interviewed teachers have all good or very good computer experience but lack adequate teaching  methods in One-to-One.   The computer's function in the One-to-One is to be an educational tool. It replaces DVD, MP-3, pencil and paper and several other things. The study shows that communication between students and educators increases and leads to higher results. The increased communication will also ease a formative evaluation. God result in teaching requires well planned and structured lessons. You can see some shortcomings in pupils source criticism. The respondents request for a relevant education in One-to-One.   As One-to-One is a relatively new field of research, the research needs further and deeper studies. Research in the area didactics connected to an One-to-One project is an important area. It would be interesting to study how teachers use the computer from a didactic point of view.   Another field that needs to be studied is the question whether ”weak” students benefit from the One-to-One concept or not.   Do the students affects the socioeconomic background. A future research area would be: Are there differences in results based on the students' socioeconomic background, initially as well as by time, with the introduction of One-to-One. / Syftet med detta arbete är att studera vilken funktion datorn får i undervisningen inom En-till-En.   För att få information och svar till syfte och frågeställningar har ett antal pedagoger intervjuats. Forskning och litteratur inom området har studerats.   Frågeställningarna är vilka strategier som lärare använder och utvecklar i sin undervisning samt om pedagogerna upplever att deras elever når ett högre resultat inom En-till-En-undervisningen. De intervjuade pedagogerna har samtliga goda eller mycket goda datorkunskaper men saknar relevant utbildning inom En-till-En.   Datorns funktion inom En-till-En blir ett pedagogiskt redskap. Den ersätter DVD, mp-3, papper och penna och flera andra redskap. Studien visar att kommunikationen mellan elev och pedagog ökar och leder till att elever når högre resultat. Den ökade kommunikationen underlättar även en formativ bedömning. För att undervisningen skall vara givande krävs att lektionerna är grundligt planerade och har en tydlig struktur. En annan pedagogisk vinst är att även brister i elevernas källkritik upptäcks. Relevant fortbildning inom En-till-En efterfrågas.   Då En-till-En är ett relativt nytt forskningsfält pekar studien på ytterligare och djupare studier. Forskning inom området didaktik kopplat till En-till-En är ett angeläget område. Här skulle det vara intressant att se hur pedagoger använder datorn i sin didaktik.   Ett annat fält som vore angeläget att studera vidare är om svaga elever lyckas i lägre grad vid En-till-En i jämförelse med traditionell undervisning.   Ett framtida forskningsfält skulle kunna vara: Finns det skillnader i resultat som grundar sig i elevernas socioekonomiska bakgrund, såväl initialt som efter tid, vid införandet av En-till-En.

This longitudinal study tracks how 5- to 7-year-olds perform with early number skills. The aim of this study is to diagnose at-risk mathematics students by distinguishing the skills that, if not mastered by the end of Kindergarten, lead to greater difficulty in mathematics in 1st grade. This study’s methodology is mixed as it follows an exploratory and inductive path in light of its use of a hypothesis, an interpretive path in light of its interest in the individual student, and a positivist path in light of its focus on developing rules from analyzed data. An oral diagnostic test based on a comprehensive collection of early number skills was used to test students as Kindergarteners and again as 1st graders. The test results created benchmarks, revealing how the majority of the students performed with early number skills. The test results also revealed that each early number skill is highly, moderately, or minimally predictive in terms of student placement by the end of 1st grade. When comparing the individual skill scores of each Kindergarten student to his/her total test results of 1st grade, the predictive power of each skill emerged. Performing poorly with skills that are minimally predictive did not seem to have an impact on how the Kindergarten student finished in 1st grade; performing poorly with moderately predictive skills had a greater impact on 1st grade placement; performing poorly with highly predictive skills in Kindergarten increased the likelihood that the student would finish in the lower attaining group in 1st grade. A third result of the test showed that certain skills serve as preconditions for other skills; success with certain skills usually meant success with other skills. These connections between skills point to a learning model called in this study “simultaneous pathways,” indicating that there are connections between certain skills, and that students can be learning on several pathways simultaneously. The impact of the predictive power of early number skills is that diagnosis becomes more effective. Early diagnosis means early remediation which may prevent at-risk students from falling further behind their peers. The benchmarks developed by this research will help teachers assess their students because they will know the general skill level of Kindergarteners and 1st graders. This oral diagnostic test informs curriculum development. If test results show that students are missing the skills that are highly predictive, teachers can address those gaps in order to insure mastery.

L’intégration des TIC a connu un essor considérable dans les dernières années et des chercheurs à travers le monde y accordent une importance sans cesse croissante ; le sujet des TIC en éducation est ainsi répandu au sein des écrits depuis maintenant plusieurs années (Istance & Kools, 2013; Storz & Hoffman, 2013). Dans un monde où les technologies sont omniprésentes dans la plupart des sphères d’activités, il ne s’agit plus de savoir si les technologies doivent être intégrées dans les activités d’enseignement et d’apprentissage, mais bien de quelle façon elles doivent l’être. Comme les TIC présentent de nombreux avantages, notamment en ce qui concerne la motivation scolaire et la réduction du fossé numérique, les différents intervenants du monde de l’éducation sont généralement conscients de l’importance de bien utiliser les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) en éducation, mais ne savent pas toujours par où commencer. La présente recherche s’intéresse à une forme particulière d’intégration des TIC en éducation, soit les projets portables. Les projets portables se différencient par le fait que l’enseignant et chaque élève disposent de leur propre ordinateur portable dans le but d’une utilisation pédagogique. Cette thèse de doctorat tente de détailler, à travers un langage clair et accessible, les défis qu’il est possible de rencontrer à l’intérieur de tels projets, de même que ce qui peut être fait pour en limiter les impacts. En vue de déterminer les conditions pouvant favoriser le succès global des projets portables au Québec, voire ailleurs, une recension des écrits exhaustive a permis de relever quatre catégories de facteurs principales dans lesquelles l’ensemble des défis identifiés semblent pouvoir être classés : les facteurs relatifs à la gestion du projet, les facteurs internes à l’enseignant, les facteurs relatifs au cadre de travail de même que les facteurs relatifs à l’infrastructure et au matériel. Ces diverses catégories de facteurs sont abordées en détails à l’intérieur du cadre théorique de cette thèse de doctorat. En vue d’atteindre les objectifs, un questionnaire a été mis au point et plus de 300 enseignants d’une commission scolaire où a lieu un projet portable à grand déploiement y ont répondu. Les données de nature mixte (données quantitatives et qualitatives) ont été analysées à l’aide de logiciels spécialisés et ceci a permis de vérifier la pertinence des éléments rencontrés dans la recension des écrits, de même que d’en découvrir de nouveaux. Il a été trouvé que de nombreux défis sont susceptibles d’être rencontrés. Les plus importants ont trait à la qualité du matériel utilisé, à l’importance de la formation des enseignants relativement aux TIC, et à l’importance de mettre au point une vision claire assurant la pleine adhésion des enseignants. Il a aussi été déterminé que l’enseignant doit pouvoir accéder à un soutien pédagogique ainsi qu’à un soutien technique facilement. Enfin, il a été découvert que la nature des projets à grand déploiement fait en sorte qu’il importe de porter une attention particulière aux besoins locaux des enseignants, qui peuvent varier selon le contexte de travail de ceux-ci. / ICT integration in education has grown considerably in the recent years, and researchers around the world have devoted it an increasing interest; the subject of ICT in education has now been prevalent within the literature for many years (Istance & Kools, 2013; Storz & Hoffman, 2013). In a world where technologies are ubiquitous in most spheres of activity, it is no longer whether technology should be integrated in education, but rather how it should be. As ICT have proven to offer many advantages, especially regarding student motivation and engagement, and also in reducing the digital divide, the various stakeholders in education are generally aware of the importance of using information and communication technologies (ICT) in education, but do not always know where to start. This thesis focuses on a particular form of integration of ICT in education, mainly referred to as “one-to-one computing projects” or “1:1 projects”. Those projects differ in that the teacher and each student have their own laptop for use in an educational context. This thesis attempts to show, through a clear and accessible language, the challenges that may be encountered in such projects, as well as what can be done to limit their negative impacts. In order to determine the conditions that promote the overall success of one-to-one computing projects in Quebec, or even elsewhere, a comprehensive literature review has identified four main categories of factors in which the identified challenges may be classified: factors related to the project management, factors that are internal to the teacher, factors related to their work environment as well as factors related to the infrastructure and equipment. Those diverse categories of factors are discussed in detail within the theoretical framework of this thesis. In order to achieve the objectives, a questionnaire was developed and more than 300 teachers of a school board currently involved in a large-scale one-to-one computing project have responded. The mixed data (quantitative as well as qualitative) that came out of the questionnaire was analyzed using specialized software and this has allowed to verify the relevance of the challenges found in the literature review, and it allowed the finding of new additional elements. It has been found that many challenges are likely to be encountered. The most significant ones are the quality of the equipment used, the importance of teacher training in relation to ICT and the importance of developing a clear vision to ensure the full support of teachers. It was also determined that the teachers should have access to pedagogical support as well as technical support easily. Finally, it was found that the nature of large-scale one-to-one computing projects is such that it is important to take into account the local needs of teachers, which may vary depending on the context in which they work.