New research finds that educational software is not self-instructing as previously suggested. Annika Lantz-Andersson discovered that when students are told that they’ve incorrectly solved a math problem on educational software, many questioned the software’s programming or accuracy rather than their own logic, indicating that it’s important for an educator to monitor students’ use of such programs in order to provide customized feedback.

Click here to read the full research report, Framing in Educational Practices: Learning Activity, Digital Technology and the Logic of Situated Action.