Effects of an integrated mind-mapping and problem-posing approach on students' in-field mobile learning performance in a natural science course Online publication date: Thu, 22-Jan-2015
by Chun-Ming Hung; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Siang-Yi Wang
International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation (IJMLO), Vol. 8, No. 3/4, 2014
Abstract: In this study, the researchers investigate the effects of an integrated mind mapping and problem-posing approach on students' in-field mobile learning performance in an elementary school natural science course. A total of 86 sixth graders in three classes were assigned as follows: one class, with 29 pupils, for the mind-mapping and problem-posing mobile learning; another class, with 28 pupils, for the problem-posing mobile learning; and the other class, with 29 pupils, for the conventional tour-based mobile learning. From the experimental results, it was found that the students who learned with the problem-posing mobile learning strategy showed significantly better learning achievements than those who learned with the mind-mapping and problem-posing integrated strategy, indicating that the simpler problem-solving strategy was more suitable for application in in-field learning than the more complicated strategy that engaged students in both the learning tasks of posing problems and developing mind maps.
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