Three Social Classroom Applications to Improve Student Attitudes
Joint Authors
Wang, Alf Inge
Elvemo, Aleksander Aanesl.
Gamnes, Vegard
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-09-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The paper presents results of a quasiexperiment where the three social classroom applications Post-It, WordCloud, and Categorizer were used in software architecture lectures.
Post-It and WordCloud are applications that allow students to brainstorm or give comments related to a given topic.
Categorizer is a puzzle game where the students are asked to place a number of terms in one of two correct categories.
The three applications are multimodal HTML5 applications that enable students to interact in a classroom using their own digital devices, and the teacher’s laptop is used to display progress and results on the large screen.
The focus of this study was to evaluate how the difference of these applications and how their integration into the lecture affected the students’ motivation, engagement, thinking, activity level, social interaction, creativity, enjoyment, attention, and learning.
In addition, the study evaluated the usability and the technical quality of the applications.
The results of the experiment show that the way such applications are integrated into a lecture highly affects the students’ attitude.
The experiment also showed that the game-based application was on average better received among the students and that the students’ attitude was highly sensitive to the difficulty level of the game.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Alf Inge& Elvemo, Aleksander Aanesl.& Gamnes, Vegard. 2014. Three Social Classroom Applications to Improve Student Attitudes. Education Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-14.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Alf Inge…[et al.]. Three Social Classroom Applications to Improve Student Attitudes. Education Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-14.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Alf Inge& Elvemo, Aleksander Aanesl.& Gamnes, Vegard. Three Social Classroom Applications to Improve Student Attitudes. Education Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-14.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1035844