Tablet PC use in freshman mathematics classes promotes STEM retention
Tablet PC use in freshman mathematics classes promotes STEM retention
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在新生数学课上使用平板电脑可提高 STEM 保留率
DOI：
10.1109/fie.2011.6142773
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2011
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Carla A. Romney
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作者：
Carla A. Romney
平板电脑是一种独立的个人电脑，带有触摸屏，作为主要的输入设备。用户和计算机之间的界面依赖于屏幕表面与手指或触控笔之间的接触。触控笔是一种类似笔的工具，旨在使用户能够直接在屏幕上写字。平板电脑是功能齐全的笔记本电脑，拥有传统的个人电脑操作系统和应用程序。在过去的十年中，平板电脑和其他平板电脑技术在教育环境中的使用大大增加，现在许多描述平板电脑课堂应用的报告出现在文献中。虽然一些研究描述了平板电脑在本科教育中的应用，但很少有研究专门研究平板电脑对学生在科学和工程专业的表现和保留率的影响。为了解决平板电脑在本科教育中使用影响的数据缺乏问题，我们实施了一项纵向学生跟踪研究，以更好地了解这项技术对学生的影响。最重要的发现是，在平板电脑课程上开始本科数学教育的学生比在大学第一学期学习非平板电脑课程的学生更有可能继续他们的科学和工程学习。
Tablet PCs are standalone personal computers with touch-sensitive screens that serve as the primary input device. The interface between the user and the computer depends on contact between the surface of the screen and a finger or stylus, a pen-like instrument designed to enable users to write directly on the screen. Tablet PCs are fully functional laptop computers that have conventional PC operating systems and applications. The use of Tablet PCs and other tablet technologies in educational settings has increased tremendously over the past decade and now many reports describing classroom applications of Tablet PCs appear in the literature. While some studies have described implementations of Tablet PCs in undergraduate education, few have specifically examined the impact of Tablet PCs on student performance and retention in the sciences and engineering. To address the paucity of data about the effects of Tablet PC use in undergraduate education, we have implemented a longitudinal student tracking study to better understand the impact of this technology on students. The most important finding is that students who began their undergraduate mathematics education in Tablet PC classes were more likely to continue their science and engineering studies than were their peers who took non-Tablet PC courses during their first semester of college.