A Thematic Review of Tablet-Based Science Education Studies

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 36 - 54, 15.01.2019

Ummuhan Ormanci , Salih Cepni

https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.502498

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The use of tablet in schools has been getting importance in a parallel
with any change in educational policies. It can be said that the use of tablets
was investigated on the variables such as success and attitude in the
literature and the number of studies increased related to the applications that
can be used in tablets. In this context, it was considered that analyzing the
studies conducted in the field of science education, which was one of the
courses where tablet use was recommended, will be important for both teacher -
prospective teacher candidates who were practitioner and literature. The aim of
this study was to thematically examine and analyze tablet-based science
education studies. 25 articles were exposed to this thematic review via the
matrix developed by Ormanci et al. (2015). The matrix consists of two
parts-general properties (type of journals, years, etc.) and content
(rationales, aims, research methods, etc.). The results indicated rationales of
related studies were very limited. Further, there were experimental
studiesexamining the effects of tablet-based science education on student
success and performance. None of previous studies examined the effects of
tablet-based science education on the participants’ skills, which should be
investigated in future studies.

Keywords

Science education, secondary education, Tablet, Technology, Thematic review

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