Mobile Application In Mathematics Education: A Study Among Malaysian Secondary School Mathematics Teachers

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Murugan A/L Rajoo*,Lay Yoon Fah, S. Kanageswari A/P Suppiah Shanmugam, Siti Noor Ismail, Nelson Cyrill, Mariam Othman, Shazlyn Milleana Shaharudin

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Mathematics Mobile Application delivers learning to students using smart devices, such as smartphones, personal digital assistants (P.D.A.s), and tablet PCs using wireless internet. This research aimed to (a) develop an instrument of Mathematics Mobile Application and (b) identify the level of using MMA by Malaysian secondary school mathematics teachers. This study employed a quantitative research design. 280 teachers were sampled from the Malaysian regular secondary schools. One set of Mathematics Mobile Application (MMA) questionnaires was developed from the literature review and validated by experts. The survey data were analyzed using the Rasch analysis.   Research findings revealed that the MMA instrument was examined the psychometric properties, whereby all the items developed based on the review were within the infit and outfit MNSQ of MMA (1.68 to 1.87) logits. In terms of unidimensionality, the first construct's eigenvalue is 3.6, which illustrates the existence of other dimensions. This means that the MMA is multidimensional, supporting the four dimensions from the literature review. The Wright map illustrates that most of the items were at the medium and easier difficulty level. There are no items too easy or high-level difficulty to endorse agreeability. The mean practice level of MMA by secondary school mathematics teachers was 2.978 (SD = 0.369), indicating a moderate level of secondary school mathematics teachers' usage of MMA. This study aims to add to the reviewed literature and instruments to mathematics education.


 

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