Carnegie Mellon Office of Technology for Education (OTE): White paper on Laptop Study

"Despite the growing popularity of laptop programs, there have been very few systematic or behavioral studies examining how students use laptops to support their learning or how the multiple uses of laptops affect the work and lives of students. In this study we use multiple methods to systematically investigate how the availability of laptops affects the culture of the classroom, the process and quality of students work, student engagement in their work, and how laptops affect the social interactions of students."

URL: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/resources/PublicationsArchives/StudiesWhitepapers/LaptopStudyReport-2006.pdf