'The visual helps me understand the complicated things': pupil views of teaching and learning with interactive whiteboards

By Kate Wall, Steven I. Higgins, Heather J. Smith. British Journal of Educational Technology, 2005

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This study is one element of a government-sponsored evaluation into the introduction of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) to Years 5 and 6 in English primary schools. This element of the research aimed to gather information regarding pupil views of IWBs and the impact these tools can have on teaching and learning. To extend current literature, the method targeted pupils’ views of how IWBs can impact on metacognition: thinking about learning. Using a template that has been developed by the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Newcastle University, pupils were encouraged to talk about learning in different contexts: this methodology and its rationale are described. The results show that overall comments from the pupils are positive, with the resulting themes encompassing how the IWB can facilitate and initiate learning and impact on preferred approaches to learning. The pupils describe how different elements of software and hardware can motivate, aid concentration, and keep their attention. On the negative side, pupils candidly describe their frustration when there are technical difficulties, their desire to use the board themselves and their perceptions of teacher and pupil effects. As IWBs are becoming more and more prevalent in schools, we discuss implications and make re-commendations for teachers and manufacturers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subfields: Education

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1. Steven I. Higgins
2. P. Woolner
3. Bob Munro
4. E. Hall
5. R. Condie
6. C. McCaughey
7. Kate Wall
8. S. Larkin

Citations in the corpus

• Metacognition in Young Children (2009, background): “aspect of this evaluation was to consider the role of interactive whiteboards in fostering metacognition (Wall et al., 2005).”
• The impact of ICT in schools - a landscape review (2007, background): “In other words, the pupils thought that the boards helped teachers explain concepts more effectively (Wall et al., 2005).”
• A sound foundation? What we know about the impact of environments on learning and the implications for Building Schools for the Future (2007, background): “There is currently a great deal of public money being spent on improving the quality of school environments through new building, retro-fitting and improving older schools, the introduction of new ICTs into schools (for example, interactive whiteboards: Hall & Higgins, 2005; Smith, et al., 2005; Wal”