Indigenous Learning Preferences and Interactive Technologies

Andrew Kitchenham

doi:10.1017/jie.2016.12

Authors

Andrew Kitchenham University of Northern British Columbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/jie.2016.12

Keywords:

Indigenous learning preferences, interactive technologies, pedagogy, Aboriginal learning

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.

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