Low-cost, portable classroom network technologies have shown great promise in recent years for improving teaching and learning in mathematics. This paper explores the impacts on student learning in mathematics when a program to introduce network technologies into mathematics classrooms is integrated into a systemic reform initiative at the district level. The study conducted compares the performance of middle and high school students who were participants in the Texas Instruments’ MathForwardTM program to students in the district not in the program. Results indicate that students at two grade levels who were in the program made greater 1-year gains in mathematics achievement than students not in the program.

This article has been accepted for publication in 2011.  Current citation:
Penuel, W. and C. Singleton (in press). "Classroom Network Technology as a Support for Systemic Mathematics Reform: Examining the Effects of Texas Instruments’ MathForward Program on Student Achievement in a Large, Diverse District." Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching (JCMST).