Abstract
The Egyptian government integrated tablets in Egyptian secondary schools. Thus, the researcher aimed to explore the effectiveness of using tablet in Egyptian secondary schools from the students’ perspective. He aimed to explore that in order to assess students’ experiences in this regard. He selected a random sample consisting from 745 female and male secondary school students in Egypt. Those students were selected from three schools. Questionnaire forms were distributed to those students by hand. All the distributed forms were retrieved. However, 9 forms were excluded due to missing data. Thus, 736 questionnaire forms are valid for analysis. It was found that tablet serves as an effective learning method in Egyptian secondary schools. It was found that using tablet in classroom improves students’ creative thinking skills and makes teachers more creative. It was found that using tablet in classroom enriches students’ vocabulary, improves their language skills and increases their academic achievement in classroom. It was found that such use can meet the learning needs of various types of learners. The researcher recommends conducting studies about the challenges facing teachers in using tablets in classroom.
Highlights
Mobile technologies have been increasingly spreading in all countries
This study aimed to: a)- Assess the skills of the students enrolled at secondary schools in Egypt in using tablet b)- Identify the effectiveness of using tablet in secondary schools in Egypt from the students’ perspective
This study aims to answer the following questions: a)- How are the skills of the students enrolled at secondary schools in Egypt in using tablet?
Summary
Mobile technologies have been increasingly spreading in all countries. Today, there are about 7.5 billion tablets and mobile phones in use worldwide. Mobile technologies refer to portable electronic devices, such as: personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, tablets and etc. The use of mobile technologies in learning is called (m-learning). Due to the increasing spread of m-learning, instructors have been exerting much effort to develop their capabilities in using mobile technologies. Through adopting an m-learning approach, learners shall become more capable to handle many problems that are associated with the learning process (Al-Tamimi, 2017). Adopting such an approach shall improve students’ learning outcomes (Al-Zahrani and Laxman, 2015)
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