Dewey’s (1922) conclusions that learners gained knowledge through their individual experiences have continued to be suspect as modern essentialists have called for a “back to basics” movement. Progressivists have advocated, as Dewey did, that curriculum and learning should be focused on students’ experiences (Tanner & Tanner, 2007, p. 101). According to a student-centered, experiential, theoretical framework, the academic achievement of students could be influenced through experiences with iPads. When applied to the present study, experimental theory was the foundation for the hypothesis that the independent variable of classroom iPad experiences would influence the dependent variable of students’ posttest performance, as based on Dewey’s (1922) idea that students learned through experience.