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Using Math Apps for Improving Student Learning: An Exploratory Study in an Inclusive Fourth Grade Classroom
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Zhang, Meilan; Trussell, Robert P.; Gallegos, Benjamin; Asam, Rasmiyeh R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
Recent years have seen a quick expansion of tablet computers in households and schools. One of the educational affordances of tablet computers is using math apps to engage students in mathematics learning. However, given the short history of the mobile devices, little research exists on the effectiveness of math apps, particularly for struggling…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mathematical Applications, Laptop Computers, Grade 4
The Effects of Computer Use on the Acquisition of Multiplication Facts by a Student with Learning Disabilities.
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Howell, Richard; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The effectiveness of software use alone or in combination with teacher intervention on the acquisition of multiplication facts was evaluated in a study of a 16-year-old male student with a specific mathematics disability. The computer assisted instruction alone produced only transitory effects, while the combined approach resulted in maintenance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, High Schools
Teaching Mathematics with Technology.
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Jensen, Robert J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1988
Presents a tiling problem designed to be solved using the microcomputer, which will give students a context upon which to build meaning for the concepts of factors, common factors, and greatest common factors. (PK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation
Teaching Mathematics with Technology: Common Multiples: Activities on and off the Computer.
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Jensen, Robert J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Two alternative representations for the concept of common multiples are presented. These representations can be modeled on or off the computer. (PK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
The Effects of Instructional Computer Games and Drill and Practice Software on Learning Disabled Students' Mathematics Achievement.
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Bahr, Christine M.; Rieth, Herbert J. – Computers in the Schools, 1989
Discussion of the use of microcomputers by special education students highlights a study that compared the effects of a drill and practice program with an instructional computer game on the acquisition of multiplication skills among junior high and high school learning disabled students. (22 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games