Heather Holzschuh

Action Research Project

Educational Technology
March 7, 2015
How does implementing 1:1 affect student learning and
achievement?
I completed my Action Research project on how implementing
1:1 affects student learning and achievement. During my internship
experience, I was fortunate enough to help plan and implement the 1:1
initiative at Chillicothe High School. Because of this, I wanted to see if
there were any measurable data differences between last years testing
scores which were achieved without the Chrome Books and this years
testing scores which were achieved while using the Chrome Books.
Originally, I planned to compare and analyze last years OGT results to
this years OGT results along with a student and teacher poll. I was
going to compare and analyze the performance index, indicators met,
graduation rate, passage rate, sub-group information, attendance, and
performance on individual standards. Unfortunately, because we
switched to the PARCC testing this year, and the results wont be back
until next winter, I found myself unable to use OGT data as my main
data point. I instead had to rely solely on my poll of students and
teachers. I polled students and teachers on their attitudes and
achievement after the Chromebooks were implemented and they had
been using them for several months.

Students at the high school use Chromebooks in all the content

areas. They work with Chromebooks in their classrooms and take them
home to work on homework and to charge them. One hundred-seven
students and teachers took the Chromebook Evaluation Survey in
February 2015. Students had been using them for approximately six
months. Here are the questions I asked along with the number of
responses.

Chrome Book Evaluation Survey

1. How much did having 1:1 Chromebooks benefit learning?
- A great deal (35)
- Quite a bit (35)
- Somewhat (31)
- Very little (5)
- Not at all (1)
2. How did having 1:1 Chromebooks allow you to connect to more
resources and content?
- A great deal (49)
- Quite a bit (30)
- Somewhat (20)
- Very little (5)
- Not at all (3)
3. How much did having 1:1 Chromebooks change your learning
experience?

- A great deal (25)

- Quite a bit (40)
- Somewhat (32)
- Very little (6)
- Not at all (4)
4. What is your position about going 1:1?
- Strongly favor (32)
- Somewhat favor (41)
- Neutral (30)
- Somewhat oppose (4)
- Strongly oppose (0)
5. Did 1:1 Chromebooks meet your expectations (compare your
feelings about 1:1 Chromebooks before and after the
implementation of Chromebooks)?
- Far exceeds my expectations (9)
- Exceeds my expectations (23)
- Meets my expectations (39)
- Meets some of my expectations (29)
- Does not meet my expectations (7)
6. Did 1:1 Chromebooks create a distraction?
- Not at all (33)
- Very little (40)
- Somewhat (30)
- Quite a bit (2)

- A great deal (2)

7. Do you think Chromebooks are easy to use?
- Very easy (43)
- Easy (34)
- Same as other devices (25)
- Hard to use (4)
- Very hard to use (1)
8. Which device do you prefer to help you learn?
- Chromebook (73)
- Regular laptop (8)
- Desktop computer (9)
- iPad (8)
- Smart Phone or iPod (5)
- No preference (4)

As you can see, the results reflect a relatively positive response

to using 1:1 Chromebooks.

65% of respondents felt that 1:1 Chromebooks benefited

learning a great deal or quite a bit

74% of respondents felt that they improved access to
resources a great deal or quite a bit.

72% of respondents felt that Chromebooks were very easy or

easy to use.

My research does suggest that the Chrome books have impacted

student learning and achievement in a positive manor. Unfortunately, I
feel my project got cut short due to the switch to PARCC assessments
and the delay in receiving the results. If I had been able to compare
and analyze the data from last year without Chromebooks to this year
with Chromebooks, I feel this project would have been much more
substantial.