ERIC Number: EJ1237180
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
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An Exploration of Primary School Students' Perceived Learning Practices and Associated Self-Efficacies Regarding Mobile-Assisted Seamless Science Learning
International Journal of Science Education, v41 n18 p2675-2695 2019
This study aimed to explore the relationships between students' perceived learning practices and associated self-efficacies regarding mobile-assisted seamless science learning. The learning practices for mobile-assisted seamless science learning questionnaire was developed with three scales that denote learning supported by mobile technology. These scales included authentic learning, self-directed learning, and collaborative learning with information and communication technology. Associated self-efficacies promoted by mobile-assisted seamless science learning could include authentic problem-solving, creative thinking and academic self-efficacy. A sample of 312 primary school students from China responded to the mobile-assisted seamless science learning questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the mobile-assisted seamless science learning questionnaire had high reliability and validity. The path analysis results analysed via a structural equation modelling technique implied that primary school students' perceived self-directed learning and authentic learning were important as positive predictors for authentic problem-solving efficacy, which may function as a partial mediation variable in the effect of students' perceptions of learning practices on the academic self-efficacy of mobile-assisted seamless science learning. The findings highlighted that learning practices (i.e. authentic learning and self-directed learning) and authentic problem-solving efficacy are both indispensable and mutually reinforcing. This can provide some insights for promoting mobile learning in science learning in the future.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Authentic Learning, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Independent Study, Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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