Abstract
Many schools invest in mobile technologies or actively promote their use through Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs with the expectation that the use of such devices will improve student engagement and, as a result, improve student learning outcomes. However, there is little research to date that explores teacher and student perceptions of whether and how the use of mobile technologies within mathematics classrooms does indeed improve engagement with mathematics. This chapter draws on data from a small range of research projects investigating the use of mobile technologies and associated applications in the primary mathematics classroom. It uses a multidimensional view of engagement and the Framework for Engagement with Mathematics as a lens to re-analyse existing and new data. Issues relating to engagement and the use of mobile technologies will be explored within the context of classrooms where students and many of their teachers are now considered to be ‘digital natives’, and Information and Communication Technologies are an integral and ubiquitous part of their daily lives.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Using Mobile Technologies in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics |
| Editors | Nigel Calder, Kevin Larkin, Nathalie Sinclair |
| Place of Publication | Switzerland |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 51-65 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319901794 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319901787 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- educational technology
- mathematics
- study and teaching (primary)
- tablet computers
- mobile apps
- iPad (computer)