A two-tier test approach to developing location-aware mobile learning systems for natural science courses

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1618-1627

  Chu, Hui Chun ^a   Hwang, Gwo Jen ^b   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b   Tseng, Judy C R ^c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Context awareness; Mobile learning; Two tier test; Ubiquitous learning

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX LEARNING; CONTEXT- AWARENESS; DIGITAL WORLD; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT; LEARNING ACTIVITY; LEARNING MOTIVATION; LEARNING RESOURCE; LOCATION-AWARE; MOBILE LEARNING; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE-LEARNING SYSTEM; MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS; PERSONALIZED LEARNING; PROPER LEARNING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; REAL-WORLD LEARNING; TWO-TIER TEST; UBIQUITOUS LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOBILE DEVICES; NATURAL SCIENCES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); STUDENTS; TESTING;

TEACHING;

EID: 77956266523     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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