These problems have a profoundly negative impact on student learning and achievement. These five rewards will then be available on a check-out basis to all teachers for classroom use only. In addition, critical thinking skills are an essential key in achieving success in post-secondary education. A portable computer allows thinking to continue down avenues previously inaccessible. Increased Collaboration With computer-based education learning becomes project based.
Portable computers enable the formation of workgroups.
Students also take the computers home and share them and their lessons with parents, siblings, and friends, further expanding the circles of collaboration. This allows for individual connections to be made with peers who share common curiosity and interests. Individual Learning Paths Enabled In today's classrooms, most teachers must work with 35 or more students at once. Students who already have an insatiable appetite for learning can now satisfy their thirst for knowledge and exploration. In preparing this grant proposal, several studies were found that supported the assertion that access to computers is directly related to academic improvement.