Using mobile devices for educational purposes in compulsory secondary education to improve student's learning achievements
Entity
UAM. Departamento de PedagogíaPublisher
MDPI, Basel, SwitzerlandDate
2020-05-04Citation
10.3390/su12093724
Sustainability 12.9 (2020): 3724
ISSN
2071-1050DOI
10.3390/su12093724Funded by
This research was funded by UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID, grant number FPE_010.17_INN.Editor's Version
http://doi.org/10.3390/su12093724Subjects
Academic achievement; Educational resources; Information technologies; EducaciónRights
© 2020 The AuthorsAbstract
The number of mobiles surpassed the population of the planet in 2018. Without a doubt, they have become the tool of reference in our social life, as well as in our work and leisure, but in educational centers, they continue to be used inefficiently or are declared off limits to some classrooms. This study aims to establish the relationship that the use of mobile phones in secondary education schools may have in regard to the student's academic performance. For this purpose, we will carry out a secondary exploitation of the Ministry of Education database for 2017 with the data of 1,887,027 students from 7381 compulsory secondary education schools in Spain. As a method of analysis, a multilevel correlation study is carried out. The results show a strong correlation between centers and territories that allow the usage of mobile devices in education and academic performance. Although the methodology that accompanies the use of the smartphone as an educational tool is very important, the data obtained leads us to think that using mobile phones in schools is a proposal that somehow influences the achievement of better academic results, with almost any methodology used.
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Google Scholar:Gómez García, Melchor
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Soto-Varela, Roberto
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Morón-Marchena, Juan Agustín
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Pino-Espejo, María José del
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