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Ahmed Tlili; Michael Agyemang Adarkwah; Soheil Salha; Juan Garzón; Kinshuk; Daniel Burgos – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
While several studies have investigated the effects of educational games in education, less attention has been paid specifically to the effects of educational mobile games in education. To address this gap, this study conducted a meta-analysis and research synthesis of 38 studies (N = 3302 participants) to investigate the effects of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Puzzles, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Katarzyna Gajda – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2024
The integration of mobile technology in language education represents notable progress, providing a versatile tool for learners of different ages to acquire a language. The poster will focus on research evaluating the efficacy of the Duolingo mobile app in augmenting Russian language proficiency for A1 and B1 level students at the University of…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Loewen, Shawn; Crowther, Dustin; Isbell, Daniel R.; Kim, Kathy Minhye; Maloney, Jeffrey; Miller, Zachary F.; Rawal, Hima – ReCALL, 2019
The growing availability of mobile technologies has contributed to an increase in mobile-assisted language learning in which learners can autonomously study a second language (L2) anytime or anywhere (e.g. Kukulska-Hulme, Lee & Norris, 2017; Reinders & Benson, 2017). Research investigating the effectiveness of such study for L2 learning,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software, Correlation
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McCoy, Dacia M.; Morrison, Julie Q.; Barnett, Dave W.; Kalra, Hilary D.; Donovan, Lauren K. – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
As technology becomes more accessible and acceptable in the preschool setting, teachers need effective strategies of incorporating it to address challenging behaviors. A nonconcurrent delayed multiple baseline design in combination with an alternating treatment design was utilized to investigate the effects of using iPad tablets to display video…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Chen, Cheng-Huan; Chiu, Chiung-Hui; Lin, Chia-Ping; Chou, Ying-Chun – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2017
Aim/Purpose: The present study investigated and compared students' attention in terms of time-on-task and number of distractors between using a touchscreen and a pen tablet in mathematical problem solving activities with virtual manipulatives. Background: Although there is an increasing use of these input devices in educational practice, little…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
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Schnitman, Ivana Maria; Forgerini, Fabrício – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
This article examines the adoption of technological innovations in education, such as the use of mobile devices, as teaching agent to pedagogical mediation. The research discusses factors that could contribute to motivation or serve as barriers to the use of tablets as teaching agents to mediate learning. Findings suggest satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Innovation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Mbogo, Chao; Blake, Edwin; Suleman, Hussein – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
The ubiquity of mobile phones provides an opportunity to use them as a resource for construction of programs beyond the classroom. However, limitations of mobile phones impede their use as typical programming environments. This research proposes that programming environments on mobile phones should include scaffolding techniques specifically…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications
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Larabee, Kaitlyn M.; Burns, Matthew K.; McComas, Jennifer J. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2014
Despite their recent popularity in schools, there is minimal consensus in the educational literature regarding the use of mobile devices for reading intervention. The word box intervention (Joseph "Read Teach" 52:348-356, 1998) has been consistently associated with improvements in student decoding performance. This early efficacy study…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 1
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Flower, Andrea – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2014
In the classroom, time on-task is critical because it is linked to learning and success. When off-task behaviors occur, substantial learning and instructional time may be lost. Many students with disabilities struggle with remaining on-task, particularly during independent practice periods. Strategies to increase time on-task during classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Instructional Effectiveness
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Kétyi, András – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Following on preliminary research (Kétyi, 2013), in this project we looked for a mobile language learning solution, which combines computers and mobile devices. Our main idea was to explore whether by integrating mobile devices in our language teaching practice, our students at the Budapest Business School would gain valuable additional learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Courseware
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Poel, Elissa Wolfe – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Through a grant from the Regional Alliance for Science, Engineering, and Math (RASEM[squared]), funded by the National Science Foundation, a research study was conducted to explore the use of handheld technology with students with disabilities in elementary and middle school settings. The purpose of the project was to (a) introduce electronic task…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Task Analysis, Educational Technology, Data Analysis
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Zelkowski, Jeremy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
This article justifies classifying the TI-Nspire CAS Touchpad as a mobile device for grades 8-16 mathematics classrooms equipped with a Navigator system. The 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 indicates virtually every secondary school aged child has some sort of mobile device. Yet, many school policies ban the use of mobile devices, preventing students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Time on Task, Classroom Techniques