El uso de aplicaciones móviles en el aprendizaje de las matemáticas: una revisión sistemática The use of mobile applications in mathematics education: a systematic review
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El uso de aplicaciones móviles educativas en las aulas se proyecta como una herramienta para mejorar el rendimiento en matemáticas. El objetivo del presente trabajo es realizar una revisión sistemática centrada en los beneficios que su uso puede aportar en la adquisición de la competencia matemática temprana. Se ha realizado una revisión sistemática de la literatura publicada en bases de datos nacionales e internacionales, desde enero 2015. Los datos se han clasificado dando lugar a una descripción de estas aplicaciones móviles. Los resultados iniciales facilitaron 1329 referencias, identificando únicamente 25 de estos estudios dentro de los criterios de inclusión prefijados. La mayoría de las evidencias informan de un impacto positivo tras el uso de las aplicaciones móviles educativas en el aula, tanto en el rendimiento y la motivación como en las actitudes de aprendizaje de los estudiantes en el área de matemáticas.
Palabras clave: aplicación móvil; dispositivo móvil; enseñanza multimedia; enseñanza de las matemáticas; aprendizaje electrónico.
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The use of mobile applications in the classroom is considered a powerful educational tool for improving learning processes. This article sets out to conduct a systematic review of the current literature on the benefits of mobile applications as potential educational tools in the acquisition of early mathematical competence. From this perspective, a systematic literature search from relevant international databases was conducted in order to find papers published in journals or conference proceedings from January 2015 onwards. These data have been classified to obtain a description of the characteristics and the results of mobile applications. 1329 references were initially identified in database searches and 25 of these papers met the inclusion criteria. The main conclusion shows how, the use of mobile applications in the mathematics classroom has positive effects on students’ performance, motivation and learning results, at both early childhood and primary levels.
Keywords: Mobile applications; mobile devices; M-learning; mathematics education.
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