Correlation between student performance and use of an mlearning application for high school mathematics

Proceedings of the 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 174-178

  Kalloo, Vani ^a   Mohan, Permanand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Learning mathematics with technology; M learning; Mobile mathematics

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM TEACHING; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS; LEARNING MATHEMATICS WITH TECHNOLOGY; LOW-PASS; M-LEARNING; MOBILE LEARNING; MOBILE MATHEMATICS; RESEARCH STUDIES; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 80052769911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2011.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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