Philippine E-Journals

Effects of Selected Mobile Applications on Students' Mathematics Proficiency

Vanezza Marie Maleniza

 

Abstract:

One strong advantage of using mobile applications is that they can be utilized immediately. People's access to information about education has become more transparent and easily accessible anywhere and anytime. This study determined the effects of selected mobile applications on students' mathematics proficiency. The researcher performed an educational quasi-experimental nonequivalent group design. The group's division was one group exposed to selected mobile and the other group was not exposed to these mobile applications. They were compared over a short period. The two groups took pre- and post-tests per topic, and they also took post-tests about all the sub-topics of Probability (Permutation, Combination, and Problem-Solving Involving Probability). After a week, the respondents took the delayed post-test to test if there was a retention in their knowledge about the sub-topics in Probability. The result of this study revealed that the use of mobile applications as instructional tools was very much observed and effective compared with those students who did not use mobile applications. This study only proves that using mobile applications was very effective in the students' learning process