Using Mobile Learning to Promote Students’ Learning Effectiveness: Taking an Example of Two-Steps Word Problems

• Main Authors: Chun-Mei Lin, 林君美
• Other Authors: 藍友烽
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/c465a6

碩士 === 國立虎尾科技大學 === 資訊管理研究所在職專班 === 102 === The purpose of this study was to explore how to use the tablet PC into worked examples and to assess its influnence upon word problem solving ability and learning satisfaction of the elemetary school students. The samples of this study were twenty-five second-grade students from the researcher’s class. The study last for two weeks with four classes a week, for a total of eight classes in the teaching of worked examples.The research data was collected through the achievement test, learning satisfaction questionnaire to analyze the tablet PC into worked example instruction. The results are as follows： 1. There were significant differences between control group and experimental group in students mathematics learning effectiveness. 2. There were no significant differences between control group and experimental group in high-performing students mathematics learning effectiveness. 3. There were significant differences between control group and experimental group in low-performing students mathematics learning effectiveness. 4. Using tablet PC into worked example instruction could raise students'' learning satisfaction. 5. Low-performing students in the experimental group were better than high-performing students in learning satisfaction. According to the findings, using tablet PC into worked example instruction can raise students'' learning effectiveness and learning satisfaction, and it is helpful to low-performing students. Besides, some suggestions are provided for teachers interested in implementing worked example instruction and future research.