RESEARCH

The Impact of Interactive Whiteboards on Standards and Pedagogy in Primary Schools (PowerPoint)
Competence in using the IWB is essential, but advanced skills in its use appear to be less important than the way that good teachers have embedded their use in their pedagogy as ‘extensions of themselves’ (McLuhan)...

Learner Response Systems: A Great Response
Interactive learning solutions are widely acknowledged as having a significant impact in the classroom by encouraging personalised learning and promoting the inclusion of every student. Putting these technologies to the test, Promethean, with support from Local Authorities, organised a series of 8-week Learner Response Systems pilots in over 150 schools nationwide…

Classroom Sound Distribution - Dr. Teixido
Classroom sound distribution is a low-tech economical way to improve students’ ability to attend to spoken instruction in the classroom. An increasing body of peer-reviewed scientific evidence has shown global performance improvement in young learners when sound distribution equipment is used correctly in the classroom...

Evaluation Study of the Effects of Promethean ActivClassroom - Marzano
The average effect size for all 85 independent treatment/control studies was statistically significant (p < .0001). When corrected for attenuation, the percentile gain associated with the use of Promethean ActivClassroom is 17 percent…

Research and Evidence to Support Effectiveness of ActivClassroom
“I think the advent of this new technology that Promethean does so well, The ActivClassroom, will change the face of teaching…”

Research Review of Sound Enhanced Clasroom Technology
Research has established direct positive correlations with the implementation of audio/sound enhancement classroom systems, and the improvement of students’ (pre-Kindergarten to secondary) academic performance and test scores…

Transforming Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century
Empowering teachers to transform our classrooms will prepare today’s generation of learners for the complexities of a 21st Century global economy…

Hearing and Listening in a Typical Classroom
Children spend 45% of the school day engaged in listening activities such as talking, asking questions, and multimedia presentations. The failure we make is assuming that all normal hearing students can hear what is spoken in typical classrooms…

A Resolution for Classroom Auditory Learning Issues
Passed and Approved by the PTA National Convention

The Power of Classroom Listening Environments
Teachers instruct students...the classroom LISTENING environment determines if they can learn…