Marzano shares data on Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards

• Educational Leadership:Multiple Measures:Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards

  tags: digitalwhiteboard, Marzano, studentachievement

  • Using interactive whiteboards was associated with a 16 percentile point gain in student achievement.

  • statistically significant relationship with student achievement.

    • The first is the learner-response device

    • the second feature is the use of graphics and other visuals to represent information

    • and the third feature is the interactive whiteboard reinforcer—applications that teachers can use to signal that an answer is correct or to present information in an unusual context

  • Teachers should think through how they intend to organize information

    • Digital flipcharts should contain visuals, but those visuals should clearly focus on the important information.

    • Teachers should discuss the correct answer along with the incorrect answers, making sure to elicit opinions from as many students as possible.

  • Interactive whiteboards have great potential as a tool to enhance pedagogical practices in the classroom and ultimately improve student achievement. However, simply assuming that using this or any other technological tool can automatically enhance student achievement would be a mistake. As is the case with all powerful tools, teachers must use interactive whiteboards thoughtfully, in accordance with what we know about good classroom practice.

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