Here's an interesting news item from the Daily Telegraph (of London) about a recent study published in England.
Pupils make more progress in 3Rs without aid of computers
By John Clare, Education Editor 21/03/2005
The less pupils use computers at school and at home, the better they do in international tests of literacy and maths, the largest study of its kind says today. . . . The study, published by the Royal Economic Society, said: "Despite numerous claims by politicians and software vendors to the contrary, the evidence so far suggests that computer use in schools does not seem to contribute substantially to students' learning of basic skills such as maths or reading." Indeed, the more pupils used computers, the worse they performed, said Thomas Fuchs and Ludger Wossmann of Munich University.
You can read the entire article here .
