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International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education

International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education Indexed in ESCI
The Effect of Using Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement
Mohammad Ahmad Alkhateeb 1 * , Ahmed Mohammad Al-Duwairi 2
1 Hashemite University, Zarqa, JORDAN2 AL- Albayt University, Mafraq, JORDAN
* Corresponding Author
APA
In-text citation: (Alkhateeb & Al-Duwairi, 2019)
Reference: Alkhateeb, M. A., & Al-Duwairi, A. M. (2019). The Effect of Using Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(3), 523-533. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5754
AMA
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Alkhateeb MA, Al-Duwairi AM. The Effect of Using Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(3), 523-533. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5754
Chicago
In-text citation: (Alkhateeb and Al-Duwairi, 2019)
Reference: Alkhateeb, Mohammad Ahmad, and Ahmed Mohammad Al-Duwairi. "The Effect of Using Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2019 14 no. 3 (2019): 523-533. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5754
Harvard
In-text citation: (Alkhateeb and Al-Duwairi, 2019)
Reference: Alkhateeb, M. A., and Al-Duwairi, A. M. (2019). The Effect of Using Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(3), pp. 523-533. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5754
MLA
In-text citation: (Alkhateeb and Al-Duwairi, 2019)
Reference: Alkhateeb, Mohammad Ahmad et al. "The Effect of Using Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 14, no. 3, 2019, pp. 523-533. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5754
Vancouver
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Reference: Alkhateeb MA, Al-Duwairi AM. The Effect of Using Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(3):523-33. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5754

Abstract

Mobile devices are characterized by attractive advantages, and provide broad benefits in the university students’ math teaching. Our study proposes integrating the Mobile Applications in teaching geometry. Findings of the researches showed that students face difficulties in learning geometry. The material and virtual maneuvers may assist the university students in learning and understanding geometry easily. In this research, we investigated the effects of Mobile Applications (GeoGebra and Sketchpad) on the Students’ Achievement. In this concern, we prepared the educational materials, achievement exams and worksheets according to the university curriculum. And they were applied on the students. This quasi-experimental study was applied on 105 students. The results showed that the use of Sketchpad and GeoGebra facilitated the students’ understanding of the geometry concepts. Furthermore, the results showed that GeoGebra had more effect than Sketchpad on the students’ learning.

Keywords

mobile devices GeoGebra Sketchpad geometry

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