TABLE 5: TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF EFFECTS OF COMPUTERS ON TEACHING PRACTICE BY SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT: NUMBER OF INDICATORS OF A POSITIVE ASSOCIATION*

 Estimated Technology Investment
 over 5-years

Allocation Among Types of Investment

Measure of Teacher Perception of Computer Effects

TOTAL Investment

HARDWARE (inventory)

SOFTWARE (inventory x % of comps. runs on)

Support & Training time
relative to hardware/software inventory

Ascribes increased use of constructivist teaching strategies to computers in teaching

3

2

5

4

Believes computers have affected beliefs about curriculum priorities

3

3

2

(2)

Believes computers have affected teaching goals

2

1

2

(1)

Ascribes all types of recent changes in own teaching practice to experiences with computers

2

4

4

4

Total Across All Measures of Teacher Perception of Computer Effects on Teaching Practice

 10

 10

 13

5

Total for…English Teachers

0

0

(1)

(3)

               Mathematics Teachers

2

2

1

0

               Science Teachers

3

4

4

0

               Social Studies Teachers

1

1

4

4

               Elementary Teachers

4

3

5

5

( )  More negative correlations than positive ones.

· See footnote to Table 3.