Paper
Performance and Motivation of University Students on English Reading When Using a Tablet Tool
- Authors:
- Hsin-piao Hsu; Hui-ying Wu
- Abstract
- Instructional technology has been integrated into teaching activities for a long time. The purpose of the study was to compare university students’ performance in using an iPad tablet as an effective pedagogical tool (experimental group) versus traditional handout instruction (control group) in a TOEIC-based after-school English remedial program. The study was also to investigate the impacts of student learning motivation by integrating iPad tablet tool. The researchers employed a quantitative and questionnaire methodology design. The study participants were 24 sophomore English underachievers students between 19 and 21 years of age and enrolled in a technical university in Northern Taiwan. The result showed that students obtained higher performance when using an iPad tablet tool than in traditional handout instruction. The results also showed that learners expressed positive viewpoints toward the usage of the iPad tablet in the after-school English remedial program and the experience of media integrated learning. Therefore, by means of the integration of instructional technology and media attributes in low-achieving English students, this study made suggestions regarding the adoption of technology for the English remedial program.
- Keywords
- After-school English Remedial Program; Ipad Tablet; Motivation; Performance
- StartPage
- 332
- EndPage
- 335
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