Marcovitz, D., Hamza, M. K., Farrow, V., (2000) Students and support for technology in the elementary classroom. Computers in the Schools, 16 (3/4), 213-225. Retrieved February 26, 2010 from EBSCO NL.EDU Online Library Search.
Authors David Marcovitz, M. Khalid Hamza and Vicky Farrow evaluated a two year study about using computers in the classroom. The focus was on getting students to be able to help other classmates, and the teacher in some instances, with software applications in the lab setting. The students learned software applications in an after school program, then were used as trainers during class time. There are some advantages and disadvantages to this. Students may only be "helping" to get computer time. The assistance they may offer may not be useful to the other student in that they may just give them the answer instead of guiding them to discovering the solution. Students needed to be trained to "train" others. By students not being trained properly to provide support, they are defeating the instructional purpose of the use of computer applications. This article refers to a 1993/94 study so the information is antiquated, yet some of the results could pertain to today's classroom. Students still need to develop skills and one way to do that is to teach someone else what a person knows. Utilizing computers in the classroom as a tool for teaching should develop more active learners.
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