Do Students Achieve More Using Probeware?  Yes!

NAEP2000 study
Teachers currently using PASCO probeware solutions tell us they see greater student achievement. Now, the NAEP Science 2000 report adds credibility with the study of 49,000 students.

Results from the most recent NAEP Science Assessment show that students who used probeware and computers to collect and analyze data scored significantly higher on the NAEP science scale than those who reported never doing so. And the more frequently students used the technology, the higher they scored! For more information see:

Planet StoriesFor additional information about why probeware is being integrated into so many science classrooms see: For success stores from teachers using PASCO probeware see:

Research:

The Microcomputer and Practical Work in Science Laboratories
    "The microcomputer can now be used as a tool in the laboratory by students of all ages. The ability to connect a device (a probe) to the computer that can measure things in the real world (such as temperature, position, sound intensity, pH, light intensity and force) now allows students and teachers to acquire information about the world in a way that is new and exciting and can make a major contribution to the science conceptual development of the user."

Can a Combination of Hands-on Experiments and Computers Facilitate Better Learning in Mechanics?
    "In Microcomputer Based Laboratories (MBL) students do real hands-on experiments where real-time display of the experimental results facilitates conceptual growth. Thus students can immediately compare their predictions with the outcome of an experiment, and students' alternative conceptions can thus successfully be addressed."

PDF file (162 kb): Using the Results of Research in Science Education to Improve Science Learning
    "The evidence suggests that students of all ages learn science better by actively participating in the investigation and the interpretation of physical phenomena and the well-designed computer-based pedagogical tools that allow students to gather, analyze, visualize, model and communicate data can aid students were are actively working on understanding science."

Research Findings on Technology's Impact in the Classroom
    "Technology can help by engaging students and igniting their imaginations."