Group-based mobile learning: Do group size and sharing mobile devices matter?

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Highlights:

• 1 secondary education teacher designed her own location-based game for a museum.

• 76 secondary education students performed the location-based game in a museum.

• Evaluation on the effects of sharing Smartphones within groups and group size.

• Using the mobile devices do have a significant impact in students performance.

• Group size (4 vs. 5 members) does not seem to affect individuals’ performance.

摘要

•1 secondary education teacher designed her own location-based game for a museum.•76 secondary education students performed the location-based game in a museum.•Evaluation on the effects of sharing Smartphones within groups and group size.•Using the mobile devices do have a significant impact in students performance.•Group size (4 vs. 5 members) does not seem to affect individuals’ performance.

论文关键词:Game-based Learning,Mobile learning,Location-based games,Secondary education

论文评审过程:Available online 15 December 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.078