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Robert Murphy; Jeremy Roschelle; Mingyu Feng; Craig A. Mason – Grantee Submission, 2020
We report on a randomized controlled trial of an intervention that leverages the availability of laptops for all public-school students in the state of Maine. The intervention, called "ASSISTments," provides feedback to students as they solve mathematics homework problems and automatically prepares reports for teachers about student…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Access to Computers, Laptop Computers
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Robert Murphy; Jeremy Roschelle; Mingyu Feng; Craig A. Mason – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
We report on a randomized controlled trial of an intervention that leverages the availability of laptops for all public-school students in the state of Maine. The intervention, called "ASSISTments," provides feedback to students as they solve mathematics homework problems and automatically prepares reports for teachers about student…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Access to Computers, Laptop Computers
Roschelle, Jeremy; Murphy, Robert; Feng, Mingyu; Bakia, Marianne – Grantee Submission, 2017
In a rigorous evaluation of ASSISTments as an online homework support conducted in the state of Maine, SRI International reported that "the intervention significantly increased student scores on an end-of-the-year standardized mathematics assessment as compared with a control group that continued with existing homework practices."…
Descriptors: Homework, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size, Cost Effectiveness
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Feng, Mingyu; Roschelle, Jeremy; Heffernan, Neil; Fairman, Janet; Murphy, Robert – Grantee Submission, 2014
Much research has been done on the development of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS), and small empirical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of ITS at promoting student learning. However, large-scale implementation of ITS in school settings has not been researched thoroughly. In this paper, we describe an ongoing randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Homework, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education