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"Intellectual Property and Access to Medicine for the Poor"

EDU681102 - Module 2, Week 2. Mark Ness, article #2.

Edited link - https://diigo.com/08285f

from the article: "...Too many of the findings that fill the academic ether are the result of shoddy experiments or poor analysis (see article). A rule of thumb among biotechnology venture-capitalists is that half of published research cannot be replicated. Even that may be optimistic.."

In this article, Taylor examines what, if any, benefit technology has on achievement in the classroom. This analysis looks not only at the way that students benefit, but also how teachers benefit from additional classroom technology. It was shown that their lesson plans became more engaging, able to reach more students, and are more easily tracked and analyzed when utilizing technology. When technology was used more within a classroom, the achievement of the students went up significantly, helping to close the educational gap between rural or poor schools and wealthier schools.