英文摘要 |
"The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences between integrating interactive whiteboards into instruction and direct instruction in mathematics learning, retention, and feelings of students with learning disabilities in an elementary school. An alternating treatment design of a single subject was adopted as the research method. Three fifth-grade students with learning disabilities were recruited. The independent variables were the approach of using interactive whiteboard and direct instruction; the dependent variables were immediate and retention effects in mathematics learning. The researchers used the score of the self-made fractions multiplication test and the decimal multiplication test as the important foundations to compare the learning effects of the two different approaches. Visual analysis, C statistics and effect size were used to explore the immediate and retention effects in mathematics learning. The observation data was also supplemented with social validity analysis using interviews. The results were as follows: 1. In terms of the immediate effect in mathematics learning of students with learning disabilities, there was no significant difference between integrating interactive whiteboard into instruction and direct instruction. 2. In terms of retention effects in mathematics learning of students with learning disabilities, the retention effect of direct instruction was better for Students A and B, whereas there was no significant difference for Student C. 3. After applying both integrating interactive whiteboard into instruction and direct instruction in teaching, there were individual differences in the feelings of students with learning disabilities in elementary school. All the participants enjoyed learning by interactive whiteboard into instruction, whereas all of them thought that direct instruction was more beneficial to their own learning. According to the results mentioned above, some suggestions are provided for future studies. For instance, reseachers may consider increasing the number of the research participants, recognizing the selection of participants' conditions and increasing mathematical difficulties in calculation." |