| | Category | CS | P06 | Software, is it really helpful |
| | Abstract | This experiment tests the effects of problem-solving software on learning. |
| | The hypothesis for this experiment was that the students that did not use |
| | the software will have overall higher scores. Half of the test subjects |
| | used software while learning the distance formula. The other half of the |
| | students did not use the software. After the lesson, the software was |
| | taken away and all test subjects were issued a test. The results showed |
| | that the students that used software while learning had overall lower |
| | scores and the students that did not use the software had overall higher |
| | scores. These results supported the hypothesis. Therefore the |
| | experiment indicated using problem-solving software while learning a |
| | subject will inhibit learning and would encourage dependence on |
| | software. |
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