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Why Teachers Choose Vernier
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Improves test scores
Use of technology tools for data collection, analysis, and visualization—capabilities
supported by Vernier probeware and software—can provide a learning advantage for
students, as evidenced in student test scores in science (National Center for Education
Statistics, 2002, 2012; Schneider et al., 2002).
300
170
160
150
140
0
AVERAGE
SCIENCE
SCORES
148
This study of 49,000 US students shows that students who used probeware to
collect and analyze data scored significantly higher on tests than those who did not.
Source: 2000 NAEP Science Assessment
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12TH GRADE STUDENTS USING DATA-COLLECTION TECHNOLOGY
154
COLLECT DATA
USING PROBES
NOT USING
PROBEWARE
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT AVERAGE SCORES.
158
USING PROBEWARE LESS
THAN ONCE A MONTH
147
157
ANALYZE DATA
USING SOFTWARE
USING PROBEWARE
1-2 TIMES A MONTH
163
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Creates a deeper
understanding of science
concepts
Use of technology tools for data
collection, analysis, and visualization to
teach scientific practices and support
scientific investigations can help to
deepen student understanding of science
concepts.
“Students using data-logging
probes along with the LabQuest
software allows teachers to plan
lessons that make abstract ideas
concrete and enables students to
access complex and interesting
science in ways that we were
previously unable to. Our students
are very confident in using the
technology. It is clear to me that
of all the things we have done
to improve the quality of science
education, the implementation of
the Vernier technology has been the
most significant.”
—Stephen Daly,
Riyadh Schools,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Supports Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS) and
state standards
Student hands-on use of technology
tools for data collection, analysis, and
visualization is recommended in guidelines
and requirements from influential national
organizations and state standards.
“When you teach students how to
use a probe, they can quickly jump
ahead with doing real science.
Once they understand what the
motion detector does, for example,
they can develop questions about
velocity and acceleration and
then use the detectors to find
the answers, analyze a lot of data
efficiently, and use their data and
graphs to communicate their results.
They apply several of the NGSS
practices in each lab, and they think
it’s really cool, too, so I’m sneaking
in a lot of learning while they’re
having fun.”
—Ann Hammersly,
Retired, Chaparral High School,
Scottsdale, Arizona
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