Abstract
Due to the fact that mobile devices and educational software developed and expanded substantially in recent years, the importance of mobile-assisted learning may be raised. This study aimed to investigate the lack of the experimental design mobile-assisted leaning studies, and tried to make suggestions. Researchers collected all of the experimental studies on mobile-assisted learning published in ERIC and ISI from 2003 to 2013, which amounted to 216 studies. The four primary variables (research design, methods for initial equivalence in quasi-experiment, measuring tools and their reliability and validity, and sample size) were coded and preliminarily analyzed into frequency tables. Results of the study are as follows: (1) Researchers of 33.33% studies conducted the research by pre-experimental design or quasi-experimental design without equating, which were not rigorous sufficiently; (2) reliability and validity of outcome measures were not reported in 80% studies; and (3) sample sizes of approximate 30% studies were inadequate to draw an accurate statistical conclusion.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Work-In-Progress Poster - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014 |
Editors | Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub, Akihiro Kashihara, Tatsunori Matsui, Chen-Chung Liu, Hiroaki Ogata, Siu Cheung Kong |
Publisher | Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education |
Pages | 40-42 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9784990801441 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 Jan 1 |
Event | 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014 - Nara, Japan Duration: 2014 Nov 30 → 2014 Dec 4 |
Other
Other | 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014 |
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Country | Japan |
City | Nara |
Period | 2014/11/30 → 2014/12/04 |
Keywords
- Design of experiments
- Mobile-assisted learning
- Rigorous
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Education
- Human-Computer Interaction