In this study, pupils’ use of tablet computers is compared with the use of dictionaries. The goal is to find out if tablet computers or dictionaries are better, when helping pupils to understand a text. The purpose is also to investigate if one or the other has more effect on the pupils’ memory when they, in writing, are asked to retell the text one week later. Furthermore, this study investigates how the teacher can influence their motivation to learn. The pupils who took part in the study are learning German in the ninth grade in two different Swedish schools. Two different tests were conducted. In the first one, the pupils were divided into two groups and in the second one, only those who used tablet computers participated. The first test shows that the results did not differ much between the groups. The other test, on the other hand, shows that the teacher can influence the motivation of the pupils and so the results. The conclusion of this study is that neither tablet computers nor dictionaries had more effect on the pupils’ memory. However what did have an effect, regarding to motivate the pupils’ learning, is how the task was presented by the teacher. This study also shows that the pupils need to be taught how to use digital educational materials in order to learn the best way.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-72459 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Bjälefors Flemk, Miriam |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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