An Evaluation of the Learning Effectiveness of Concept Map-Based Science Book Reading via Mobile Devices

Printed books have long been an important means for people to obtain knowledge; nevertheless, educators have pointed out problems of learning from some printed books, in particular, the lack of learning supports, such as supplementary materials and learning guiding tools. In this study, a concept ma...

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Published inEducational technology & society Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 167 - 178
Main Authors Yang, Che-Ching, Hwang, Gwo-Jen, Hung, Chun-Ming, Tseng, Shian-Shyong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Palmerston North International Forum of Educational Technology & Society 01.07.2013
Subjects
Cellular telephones
Children
Concept mapping
Educational activities
Educational aspects
Educational technology
Effectiveness studies
Electronic devices
Elementary Education
Elementary Schools
Equipment and supplies
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Grade 6
Instructional Effectiveness
Learning
Management
Mobile communications networks
Mobile devices
Mobile learning
Quick response codes
Science education
Science learning
Sciences education
Students
Technology
Textbooks
Taiwan
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Summary:Printed books have long been an important means for people to obtain knowledge; nevertheless, educators have pointed out problems of learning from some printed books, in particular, the lack of learning supports, such as supplementary materials and learning guiding tools. In this study, a concept map-oriented ubiquitous learning approach is proposed for supporting printed science book reading activities for children via mobile devices with QR-code facilities. A quasi-experiment has been conducted in an elementary school to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, in which 92 sixth graders participated. The experimental results show that the concept map-oriented ubiquitous learning approach is significantly more helpful to the students in reading printed books than traditional book reading and the conventional ubiquitous learning approach in terms of learning achievements; moreover, the students had a high level of acceptance of such a mobile technology-assisted learning system in terms of “ease of use”, “usefulness” and "attitude and intention of future use.”
ISSN:1176-3647
1436-4522
1436-4522