Title: A proposal to develop a guided-inquiry mobile learning with a mastery learning mechanism for improving students' learning performance and attitudes in Physics

Authors: Charoenchai Wongwatkit; Patcharin Panjaburee; Niwat Srisawasdi

Addresses: Institute for Innovative Learning, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand ' Institute for Innovative Learning, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand ' Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Abstract: With the benefits of personalised learning environment in providing individual learning guidance and of guided-inquiry approach for driving students to inquire knowledge in procedural way, this study developed a personalised learning support system, which was based on conceptual learning problems, learning styles, and current understanding information, to provide guided-inquiry learning activities for individual students. The effects of the developed system on secondary school students Physics learning performance and learning attitudes were investigated. It was found that the students significantly outperformed on the developed system and their learning attitudes were positive. While, they showed the need of learning Physics in real context by basing on the developed system. In light of the aforesaid, this paper extends the proposed instructional strategy and addresses the application proposal by using the mobile device through authentic Physics laboratory activities.

Keywords: mastery learning; mobile learning; m-learning; personalised learning; guided inquiry; science education; online learning; adaptive learning; interactive learning; learning styles; conceptual learning; learning diagnostics; e-learning; electronic learning; student learning; student performance; student attitudes; physics education; secondary schools; secondary education; physics laboratories.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2017.080898

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2017 Vol.11 No.1, pp.63 - 86

Received: 22 Aug 2016
Accepted: 20 Oct 2016

Published online: 10 Dec 2016 *

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