Research reveals that young students who share iPads may outperform peers on assessments
Students who shared iPads significantly outperformed their peers in one-to-one classrooms and in classrooms without iPads, according to data from a Northwestern University researcher.
According to the International Communication Association, researcher Courtney Blackwell studied 352 kindergarten students in a Midwestern suburban school district that was in the middle of an iPad implementation.
Blackwell worked with one school with an operating one-to-one iPad program; another school with a limited number of iPads, prompting students to share the devices; and a third school without iPads.
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Latest posts by Laura Ascione (see all)
- Children learn best on paper: We need better technology, not less of it - July 13, 2026
- In districts, reaching readiness, retention, and success - March 5, 2026
- AI use is on the rise, but is guidance keeping pace? - January 2, 2026