Reboot Foundation Report 2018

Otro estudio que destaca la bajada de rendimiento de los estudiantes adolescentes y preadolescentes en cuyas aulas se han introducido las tablets como dispositivo principal. Se trata del informe anual de la Reboot Foundation (2018).

The Hechinger Report, la prestigiosa revista educativa, ofrece un resumen de las conclusiones del informe

     "In the United States, [...] For younger school children, the study found a negative tie between the use of tablets in school and fourth-grade reading scores. Fourth-grade students who reported using tablets in “all or almost all” classes scored 14 points lower on the reading portion of a test administered by the federal government than students who reported “never” using classroom tablets. That’s the equivalent of a year of education or an entire grade level. Meanwhile, some types of computer usage among older students could be beneficial. Eighth graders who reported using computers to conduct research for projects had higher reading test scores than those who didn’t use computers for research.

“We see a lot of spending everywhere on tablets, computers, counting the ratio of computers per student,” said Helen Lee Bouygues, who founded the Reboot Foundation in 2018. Bouygues wants schools to pay more attention to how they are using technology.
“Technology is not bad in general,” she said, “although I would argue for younger children, it’s questionable whether it has benefits.”