Star Trek classroom: Next generation of school desks
Thursday, November 22, 2012 - 20:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers designing and testing the 'classroom of the future' have found that multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost skills in mathematics. New results from a three-year project working with over 400 pupils, mostly eight-10 year olds, show that collaborative learning increases both fluency and flexibility in maths. It also shows that using an interactive 'smart' desk can have benefits over doing mathematics on paper.