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"Transforming Teaching and Learning with Multimedia Technology: Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project," SRI International.

http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/sri/SRIEvaluation.htm

Date of Study:

January 1999

Basis of Study:

Report of Challenge 2000's Multimedia Project initiated by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley tracking the progress and impact of classroom-based multimedia projects within the context of broader context of Joint Venture's education reform initiative.

Focus of Study:

Year Four (1998-99) results of studies conducted in San Mateo County, California's (Silicon Valley) classrooms measuring the impact of the Multimedia Project on teaching and learning through the implementation of an exemplary model of project-based learning using multimedia.

Findings:

Evaluation results indicate that classroom practice showed significant changes for teachers who participated in the Multimedia Project. Teachers were more likely to take the role of facilitator or coach, rather than lecturing; encouraged students to engage in problem-solving; asked more open-ended questions; and asked students to actively discuss ideas.
Students in Multimedia Project classrooms were more likely to be actively engaged in small-group collaborative activities and long-term assignments that allowed them to explore a topic in depth; participate in small-group, peer-focused discussions; and engage in problem-solving.
Results of tests given to students in the Multimedia Project and comparison classrooms indicate that Multimedia Project students outperformed the comparison students on all three dimensions of good communication and presentation skills: content mastery, sensitivity to audience, and coherent design integrating multiple graphical and textual elements.
Students in the Multimedia Project made the same gains as comparison students in reading and language arts achievement as measured in the Stanford Achievement Test.

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