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Indigenous Learning Preferences and Interactive Technologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2016

Andrew Kitchenham
Andrew Kitchenham*
Affiliation:
School of Education, University of Northern British Columbia, BC, Canada, V2N 4Z9
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address for correspondence: Andrew Kitchenham, School of Education, University of Northern British Columbia, BC, Canada, V2N 4Z9. Email: andrew.kitchenham@unbc.ca.
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Abstract

This three-year research study examined the influence of interactive technologies on the math achievement of Indigenous students in Years 4, 5, 6 and 7 technology — equipped classrooms in a rural elementary school in British Columbia, Canada. Using a mixed-methods approach, the researcher conducted semistructured interviews and collected math achievement data (reported elsewhere) over a three-year span, and distributed a survey to the teachers in the second year of the study. All data sources revealed that interactive technologies such as SMARTBoards, student response systems and document cameras influence positively Indigenous students’ math achievement over a three-year period.

Keywords

Indigenous learning preferencesinteractive technologiespedagogyAboriginal learning
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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , August 2017 , pp. 71 - 79
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2016 

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