The Teacher's Role in Effective Computer–Assisted Instruction Intervention
In January 2006 the Billings (Montana) Public Schools adopted a computer–assisted instruction (CAI) intervention aimed at helping students recover credits that they had attempted but had not attained. I volunteered to teach the algebra component in my high school. Through the following seven semesters, I came to better understand the role of an effective teacher in a credit–recovery program that relies so heavily on CAI. This article is an effort to describe this effectiveness and the nature of success and failure in CAI interventions.
Contributor Notes
David R. Snow, davesnowmt@hotmail.com, teaches at Billings West High School and is an adjunct faculty member at Montana State University–Billings. His primary interest is finding ways to engage reluctant learners.
