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ERIC Number: EJ1147684
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 38
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
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The Effects of Mobile-Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Meta-Analysis and Critical Synthesis
Sung, Yao-Ting; Yang, Je-Ming; Lee, Han-Yueh
Review of Educational Research, v87 n4 p768-805 Aug 2017
One of the trends in collaborative learning is using mobile devices for supporting the process and products of collaboration, which has been forming the field of mobile-computer-supported collaborative learning (mCSCL). Although mobile devices have become valuable collaborative learning tools, evaluative evidence for their substantial contributions to collaborative learning is still scarce. The present meta-analysis, which included 48 peer-reviewed journal articles and doctoral dissertations written over a 16-year period (2000-2015) involving 5,294 participants, revealed that mCSCL has produced meaningful improvements for collaborative learning, with an overall mean effect size of 0.516. Moderator variables, such as domain subject, group size, teaching method, intervention duration, and reward method were related to different effect sizes. The results provided implications for future research and practice, such as suggestions on how to appropriately use the functionalities of mobile devices, how to best leverage mCSCL through effective group learning mechanisms, and what outcome variables should be included in future studies to fully elucidate the process and products of mCSCL.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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