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The Use Of Personal Digital Assistants In The K-8 Classrooms, Tracy A. Brosovich
The Use Of Personal Digital Assistants In The K-8 Classrooms, Tracy A. Brosovich
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The purpose of this study was to determine if Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are being used in the K-8 classrooms and if so to what extent. By way of a stratified random sample, four counties in central and southern New Jersey were selected. A survey was developed and sent to the participating districts. Two hundred seventy-five surveys were mailed to eight districts, with a return rate of sixty-eight percent (68%).
Data was collected from the surveys and calculated into percentages. Although seventy-two percent (72%) of the respondents report using some form of technology on a daily basis, only three percent …