Evidence of Using of ICTs on Mathematics Achievement for Preschool Children: A Meta-analysis
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Cong Liu and Mohd Nazri Abdul RahmanAuthors Info & Claims
Cong Liu and Mohd Nazri Abdul RahmanAuthors Info & ClaimsJuly 2022
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to Meta-analyze the empirical evidence of the effectiveness of ICTs assisted teaching on preschool children's mathematical achievement. A systematic search of English-writing, peer-reviewed, and randomized controlled studies was conducted. There were 19 studies in which 3,900 participants met the study selection criteria. The results showed that ICTs had a positive and medium effect on young children's mathematics achievement (SMD=0.673), especially on reasoning (SMD=0.642) and numeracy (SMD=0.641) achievement. Under different moderating variables, such as ICTs devices type and experiment period, the effect of ICTs on preschoolers' mathematical achievement was different. Touch screen ICTs devices (SMD=0.834) and experimental periods of less than 4 weeks (SMD=0.769) had high effect levels. According to different mathematics teaching content, flexibly choose and use ICTs devices, and adjust the teaching period of ICTs using to improve the effect of mathematics teaching and children's mathematics achievement.
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ICEMT 2022: 2022 6th International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology
July 13 - 15, 2022
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