ERIC Number: EJ1126733
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 9
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Potential of Using iPad as a Supplement to Teach Math to Students with Learning Disabilities
Kaur, Daljit; Koval, Ashely; Chaney, Hannah
International Journal of Research in Education and Science, v3 n1 p114-121 Win 2017
This qualitative study was conducted to identify the potential of using iPad as a supplement to teach math to students with learning disabilities. Ten teacher candidates from a university in the south provided one-on-one math tutoring services to ten students in a self-contained classroom at a local high poverty elementary school. The students were tutored math for five weeks using ten free math apps in addition to the traditional teaching methods. The apps were selected as they deemed fit with the math content standards, and abilities of the students. Each week, teacher candidates reflected on their tutoring experiences and at the end of five weeks, they completed an open-ended survey regarding their use of iPads as a supplement to teach math to the students. Findings confirmed the use of iPad as a supplement to help students' conceptual understanding of numbers, order of operations, expressions, and multiplication and division skills.
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Assistive Technology, Supplementary Reading Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Special Needs Students, Preservice Teachers, Tutoring, Qualitative Research, Self Contained Classrooms, Poverty, Disadvantaged Schools, Computer Oriented Programs, Surveys, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills, Number Concepts, Minority Group Students, Grade 4, Informal Assessment, Cognitive Style, Learner Engagement, Individualized Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Educational Benefits
International Journal of Research in Education and Science. Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090 Turkey. e-mail: ijresoffice@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijres.net
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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