Title :
mLearning for kindergarten´s mathematics teaching
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to develop a geometry learning game for handheld devices that adapts to the user´s behaviour. The learners in this study were six years old Finnish pre-school pupils. The adaptive system was very limited and the observed behaviour was defined to be very simple. Despite that, the developed software achieves good learning results among the tested pupils. The study shows that the learning effect is very promising with this kind of a handheld platform and simple adaptation system. This study gives good visions of what can be achieved with more complex behaviour adaptive systems in the field of eLearning.
Keywords :
computer games; distance learning; geometry; mathematics; Finnish pre-school pupils; adaptive system; geometry learning game; handheld computer; kindergarten mathematics teaching; mLearning; observed behaviour; Adaptive systems; Education; Geometry; Handheld computers; Information technology; Mathematics; Personal digital assistants; Testing; Wireless networks; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, 2002. Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1706-4
DOI :
10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039244