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Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Keywords

Educational technology; Education, Elementary -- Data processing;

Abstract

The intent of this research was to measure how students' depth of understanding was affected by using smartphones in an elementary classroom, and what effects these cognitive tools had on students' abilities to express their level of understanding of the unit on Earth Changes. This empirical research took place for six weeks in the fall of 2011 with a class of eighteen Caucasian boys and girls of middle to low income economic status in a small town in Iowa. Students were a given a pre-test using traditional paper and pencil. Participants were split into two groups-with one group using traditional paper and pencil to do their assignments and the other group using smartphones. After approximately three weeks, students took the post-test; then the groups switched. A linear regression model was used to study the data from the research. The test demonstrated with 95% confidence that using mobile computing devices had a positive effect on test scores.

Year of Submission

2012

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Department

Division of Instructional Technology

First Advisor

Leigh E. Zeitz

Second Advisor

Joe Marchesani

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Date Original

2012

Object Description

1 PDF file (55 leaves)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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