Does Technology Enhance Inquiry-Based Learning?
Glenn M. Kleiman,
COSN,
Dec 24, 2004
This paper tries overly hard to be balanced, and in so doing obscures its most important observation: "If we expect all research studies on education innovations to provide a simple 'thumbs-up or thumbs-down', we are likely to avoid research methods that can yield important insights into the complexities of implementing major innovations in our schools." The context is discussion of the evaluation of the eMINTS program, a combination of learning technologies with constructivist methodology. The authors still call for randomized trials - one wonders how the teacher will 'switch on' and 'switch off' the constructivist and collaborative teaching methodology on demand. I know I couldn't.
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