Improving mathematics teaching and learning experiences for hard of hearing students with wireless technology-enhanced classrooms.
Hard of hearing students usually face more difficulties at school than other students. A classroom environment with wireless technology was implemented to explore whether wireless technology could enhance mathematics learning and teaching activities for a hearing teacher and her 7 hard of hearing students in a Taiwan junior high school. Experiments showed that the highly interactive communication through the wireless network increased student participation in learning activities. Students demonstrated more responses to the teacher and fewer distraction behaviors. Fewer mistakes were made in in-class course work because Tablet PCs provided students scaffolds. Students stated that the environment with wireless technology was desirable and said that they hoped to continue using the environment to learn mathematics.
Liu
Chen-Chung
CC
Graduate Institute of Network Learning Technology, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan.
Chou
Chien-Chia
CC
Liu
Baw-Jhiune
BJ
Yang
Jui-Wen
JW
D060345:Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities; D004522:Educational Status; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface