@inproceedings{831ab8ad32ac4926ad7908b67e0ee396,
title = "Investigating the medium effect of a mobile visualization tool -{"}DrawScience{"}",
abstract = "Visualization technology allows students to make their own drawings to express their ideas in visual ways. Implementing visualization technology on mobile devices facilitates the integration of drawing activities with classroom or outdoor activities, creating ubiquitous learning experiences with visualizations. However, drawing on paper has been regarded as the most intuitive approach. We wonder whether asking students to draw on computers would hinder their performance due to the medium effect. In this study, we developed three versions of an assessment that required students to draw and explain their ideas of the particulate nature of matter. These three versions consisted of exactly the same items but were delivered through different media, namely, desktop computers, tablets, and paper, respectively. We randomly assigned 18 10th-grade students to use one of the three versions (a total of 54 students). We scored the students' performance in terms of their drawing and explanations. The results indicated no significant medium effect on their performance. The students drew or wrote on the computers as easily as they drew or wrote on paper. Furthermore, we found that the tablet drawing application was more able to efficiently facilitate the students' creation of animations than the desktop drawing tool. The results indicate that drawing on tablet computers would not hinder students' performance and could be more efficient than drawing on desktop computers.",
keywords = "Medium effect, Mobile technology, Science learning, Visualization",
author = "Chang, {Hsin Yi} and Yu, {Yuan Tse}",
note = "Funding Information: This material is based upon work supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, under grant MOST102-2628-S-011-002-MY3. We would like to thank the participating students and teachers. We would also like to thank Jung-Yi Hung, Kao-Chi Hsu, Yao-Fei Huang, Fang-Chin Yeh, and Chia-Fu Tseng for their help with the data collection, management and coding.; 23rd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2015 ; Conference date: 30-11-2015 Through 04-12-2015",
year = "2015",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2015",
publisher = "Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education",
pages = "425--429",
editor = "Yu-Ju Lan and Hsin-Yih Shyu and Chengjiu Yin and Hiroaki Ogata and Wenli Chen and Ming-Fong Jan and Sahana Murthy and Ying-Tien Wu and Kong, {Siu Cheung} and Xiaoqing Gu and Beaumie Kim and Yongwu Miao and Niwat Srisawasdi and Yuping Wang and Chiu-Pin Lin and Chu, {Carol H.C.} and Jari Laru and Miguel Nussbaum and Rodrigo, {Ma. Mercedes T.} and Ju-Ling Shih and Amali Weerasinghe and Weiqin Chen and Feiyue Qiu and Vania Dimitrova and Ching-Kun Hsu and Lung-Hsiang Wong and Maiga Chang and Tore Hoel and Li, {Yen-Hui Audrey} and Jon Mason and Hitoshi Sasaki and Li Zhang",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2015",
}