Changes in teaching methods or technology "have had very little influence, " says Henry Levin, an economist and expert on learning at Teachers College, Columbia University.
"Now if you go into schools you are going to see more computers, " says Lawrence Cuban, an emeritus professor of education at Stanford University and an expert on innovations in teaching methods.
Much of what the government can do would not cost much: for example, passing laws to promote stability in teachers' careers and improve training standards, and encouraging and disseminating good practice, whether in teaching methods or school management.
But that is unlikely in this case since the money for the programme came from the national lottery, and the study found no significant change in teaching resources, methods or training in schools that acquired computers through the scheme.
The third ingredient is educators trained in improved methods of teaching and learning.
The researchers found that the Israeli scheme had much less effect on teaching methods in middle schools than in elementary schools.
We would give them the tools they need to be effective educators, from autonomy in lesson plans and teaching methods, to strong curriculums from which to work from.
Owen, a former pupil of the school, began teaching there in 1974 but resigned in 1991 following allegations about his unorthodox teaching methods and conduct.
This allows both variance in modes and methods of teaching but also something close to a rigorous and comparable measurement method.
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The third explanation is the simplest: that the use of computers in teaching is no better (and perhaps worse) than other teaching methods.
The specific objective of this initiative is to diversify literacy and post-literacy programmes in terms of intervention approach, teaching methods, educational aids, sustainability of learning outcomes and the integration of literacy into the process of sustainable development, the prevention of poverty, and the socio-economic integration of beneficiaries.
The inquiry's report, in July 1976, blamed personalities rather than teaching methods.
On average, 86% of pupils in 3D classrooms improved in test results, compared to 52% of children using traditional teaching methods.
David Reynolds, chairman of the government's numeracy taskforce, says that the teaching methods he prescribes are ones that are common both in those British schools which get good inspection reports and in countries whose pupils perform best in international tests.
That has had little effect so far, although one United Russia deputy, Vladimir Burmatov, stepped down from his post as head of the education committee amid allegations that he had poached much of his dissertation on teaching methods from another published four years earlier at a university in Bryansk.
At the heart of almost all of these issues is the problem of scale: of finding ways to make high-quality educational resources--whether it's brilliant teachers, innovative lesson plans or inspiring new teaching methods--reach not just a handful of students in a single classroom but hundreds of millions of students around the globe.
Have we perfected teaching methods to deliver the same lecture experience via your computer as in a live classroom?
Inspectors have been sent in to check on the state of libraries and laboratories, staff qualifications, and teaching methods.
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