E-homework is widening the gap for disadvantaged students

Dobozy, Eva

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Open access via publisher

Authors

Dobozy, Eva

Date

2014

Type

Non traditional textual works

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Citation

Dobozy, E. 2014. E-homework is widening the gap for disadvantaged students. The Conversation. 29 Sep.

Source Title

The Conversation

Additional URLs

http://theconversation.com/e-homework-is-widening-the-gap-for-disadvantaged-students-31047

School

School of Education

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17302

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

More and more teachers are turning to technology when assigning homework. But while e-homework can make out-of-class learning more fun and interactive, research suggests that it might further disadvantage students from low socio-economic families.