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What this guidance report covers
This guidance report aims to help schools consider how they can use digital technology to improve pupils’ learning. Schools use technology in many ways and with a wide range of aims, from those that seek to change classroom practice directly to others that support schools more broadly, for example, by tracking pupil data or to facilitate a whole-school behaviour management policy. Though some wider uses are mentioned, the main focus of this report is on applications of technology that aim to improve learning directly. The report does not focus on teaching computing or coding, or on questions related to screen time or the use of mobile devices.
This EEF guidance report is designed to support senior leaders and teachers to make better informed decisions based on the best available evidence we currently have. It includes a number of practical examples of technology being used in ways which support improved teaching (e.g., by increasing the accuracy of teacher assessment) or improve pupil learning (e.g., by increasing the quality and quantity of pupil practice).
To develop this report’s four recommendations for using digital technology to improve pupils’ learning we not only reviewed the best available international research, but also consulted with teachers and other experts.