Could the iPad improve math scores in the classroom

post from Ubergizmo on 14 August 2012 01:37:21 PM. © Ubergizmo

Here is an interesting piece of information that teachers might want to consider – will the presence of an iPad in the classroom actually be able to help improve your math scores? According to KIPP Academy, the student passing rate on Spring 2012 KIPP Common Assessment Test is 49% higher in ?flipped? classrooms, which is actually a pilot study that relies on YourTeacher?s Algebra 1 iBooks which runs on the Apple iPad. This particular pilot study ran from February through May 2012, where there were several classrooms of 8th grade math students at KIPP Academy in Houston who used YourTeacher?s Algebra 1 iBooks on the iPad instead of the traditional textbook form factor. (more…)