Using iPads in University Mathematics Classes: What Do the Students Think?

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Author(s): Rim Gouia (American University of Sharjah, UAE), Cindy Gunn (American University of Sharjah, UAE)and Diana Audi (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 18
Source title: Human-Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8789-9.ch103

Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter reports on two studies carried out with first-year undergraduate students in Mathematics classes. The first study investigates regular use of iPads over the course of one semester. Overall, the students reported positive impressions regarding the use of iPads in their Mathematics classes. However, only 47% stated that they would join an iPad class in future semesters. The second study is a qualitative follow-up to the first to find out why the majority said they would not join an iPad class in the future. The students in the two studies could see both the value and the drawbacks that the use of iPads in their Mathematics classes would provide. The findings suggest that as supplement to instruction the use of iPads has the potential to enhance the learning process, but classes delivered using iPads only would not meet the educational requirements or expectations of the study's participants.

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