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Kathlene Jennings jennink2@staff.ednet.ns.ca

Carol Ann King kingca@staff.ednet.ns.ca

Hope Lemoine helemoine@nstu.ca

We propose to investigate the question of integrating technology into the curriculum and its effect on student engagement.

The purpose is to examine the effect of technology integration in the math, science, and English classrooms and student engagement

Possible measurement approaches: teacher observation and, possible, student reflections/feedback/etc on activities.

Question:
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We are wondering how exactly to word our hypothesis?

We have three subject areas math, science, and English and we are hoping that technology will improve engagement among students in the three areas. The reason for selecting engagement as opposed to comprehension is a result of the nature of out blueprints and our hope that engagement will contribute to understanding in our specific curricular areas. In math the hope is that technology will provide another avenue of comprehension in two of the math outcomes, which will hopefully be measured by improvement on the provincial math exam. In science, the hope is that Excell will help improve student understanding in graphing -- both interpolating and extrapolating graphs. In English, it is hoping that technology will help present the issues surrounding plagiarism and hopefully their understanding of how to avoid plagiarism in texts. Another question that has arisen is whether the curricular problems we are facing are about comprehension or retention--so ultimately will technology help engagement which helps student's retain the information.