This article discusses three studies that examined the efficacy of Teacher Net, an inexpensive computer networking system. Each study addressed a different context: independent work, teacher remediation, and assessment The results of the studies show that Teacher Net can save the teacher tremendous time by assuming the tasks of providing immediate feedback to students, correcting and summarizing student performance, and administering and scoring student tests.
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