KRudd's laptops send standards backwards

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/te...s-send-standards-backwards-20090719-dpkv.html

THE centrepiece of the Federal Government's so-called education revolution may
be worse than useless, a visiting American researcher says.

Before the 2007 election Kevin Rudd vowed to spend $2.3 billion rewarding
parents who installed or bought home computers.

He later said his decisions would be evidence based.

Jacob Vigdor, of Duke University, North Carolina, has conducted what is probably
the world's biggest study on the effect on maths and reading scores of gaining a
home computer. He finds "statistically significant" evidence that it sends them
backwards.

"Children in homes with computers tend to do better than those in homes without
- there's no doubt about that," Professor Vigdor told the Herald.

"But there could be other reasons. Those homes also have a lot of other things
other homes don't have, and often have more educated parents."

He examined the performance of students before and after their home gained a
computer. This meant examining students from less well-off homes. The better-off
ones already had computers.

But Professor Vigdor told a seminar at Australian National University he did not
think this was an important limitation.

Professor Vigdor found that acquiring a computer at home made end-of-year
results for year 3 to year 8 students in North Carolina "significantly worse" in
reading and maths. These results were spread over five years.

"The bad effects fade somewhat over time, but even after five years they are
still negative. I am not saying go out and burn all the computers.

"If you want to buy junior a computer with your own dollars, that's fine … but
it's another thing when we talk about spending public dollars."



"SHUT THE **** UP YOU DUMB ****!"
- FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.

 

Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF wrote

More fool that fuckwit.

Like hell he ever did.

More fool that fuckwit.

There is in fact plenty of doubt about that, fuckwit.

So there is plenty of doubt about that, fuckwit.

And that says nothing useful about the situation where the govt
has paid the parents to have computers for their brats anyway.

Not even possible to do that and separate other effects with the brats.

So the sample is pathetically inadequate.

More fool Vigdor.

Wota terminal fuckwit.

And is only relevant to the dregs that didnt have a computer.

Those dregs are completely irrelevant to brats in general.

Have fun explaining that.

Dont believe it.

Wrong, as always. In spades when we need a stimulus when you stupid fuckwit
clowns have just completely imploded the entire world financial system, AGAIN.

 

Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF,
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Moronic propaganda

Thank you Lie-berals and Country-morons for the economic crisis.

 

Er ... we're not in a recession yet, Rod.



"SHUT THE **** UP YOU DUMB ****!"
- FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.

 

Nope, he is just saying what has been common knowledge. The kids that
have stuff like books at home and who parents read and give them
attention, zoom ahead of those that don't.

If you want your kids to get a head, read to them from an early age. also
do things together with them leading. Too many parents thing they can
just give money.

 

Akin to the good 'ole days where parents bought a set of encyclopaedias and
just expected their brats to magically become smart.

Like laptops won't make your kids any smarter, nor more productive when they
get (aarg, IF they get) to the workforce.

You can't expect to just *give* them tools and magically expect them to run
them. Some do, and some don't. You need to *teach* them to use the tools.
And some of these tools *don't* involve laptops either.

 

Are legos your attention span?

 

Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF wrote

Irrelevant to what happened to the entire world financial system, AGAIN.

 

Like hell it has.

Thats nothing like what that fool was mindlessly rabbitting on about.

Thats nothing like what that fool was mindlessly rabbitting on about.

 

John Tserkezis wrote

And that does work with the best of the kids.

Corse it does when they are fluent with laptops.

You dont with the best of the kids, they teach the parents instead.

**** all anymore, particularly if they have a net connection as well.

 

Well, as they say, you can lead a horse to water.

 

Entire world? I think not. Only those silly enough to believe Standard
and Poors.

 

Well, as they say, a rolling stone gathers no moss.

 

terryc wrote

You did get that bit right, nothing viable to 'think' with.

Wrong, as always.

Even someone as stupid as you should have noticed whats happened
to the national debt of EVERY first and second world country.

 

That is your excuse for your ignorance?

 

Debt is self inflicted.
BTW, perhaps you might like to look again at the real figures.

 

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.

 

You quite sure you aint one of those rocket scientist terminal fuckwits ?

Been there, done that.

 

Yeah, another score tick from befuddled roddles.

 

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.