Exploring young students’ learning experiences with the iPad: a comparative study in Hong Kong international primary schools

Allen, R.: Can mobile devices transform education? Educ. update 53(2). http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/feb11/vol53/num02/Can-Mobile-Devices-Transform-Education%C2%A2.aspx (2011). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Blundell, C.: How a classroom of iPads changed my approach to learning. Edudemic. http://www.edudemic.com/classroom-ipads-changed-approach-learning/ (2012). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Christudason, A.: Peer learning. Successful learning 37. http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/success/sl37.htm (2003). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Connell, M.: Why a touchscreen (tablet or iPad) is better than a mouse and keyboard for young learners. NativeBrain http://www.nativebrain.com/2012/12/why-use-an-ipad-for-early-learning-when-a-computer-will-do/ (2012). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

van Dam, A.: Post-WIMP user interfaces. Commun. ACM 40(2), 63–67 (1997)

Education bureau direct subsidy scheme. http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/applicable-to-primary-secondary/direct-subsidy-scheme/index.html (2013). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Galanouli, D., McNair, V.: Students’ perceptions of ICT-related support in teaching placements. J. Comput. Assist. Learn. 17(4), 396–408 (2001)

Graham, J.: Apple sells 3 million new iPads in 3 days. USA Today Mar, 19. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-03-19/apple-ipad-sales/53655716/1 (2012). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Hutchins, E.L., Hollan, J.D., Norman, D.A.: Direct manipulation interfaces. Hum. Comput. Interact. 1(4), 311–338 (1985)

Jacob, R.J.K.: A specification language for direct-manipulation user interfaces. ACM Trans. Gr. 5(4), 283–317 (1986)

Johnson, D., Johnson, R.: Cooperation and Competition: Theory and Research. Interaction Book Company, Edina (1989)

Johnson, D., Johnson, R., Holubec, E.: Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria (1994)

Johnson, L., Adams, S., Cummins, M., Estrada, V., Freeman, A., Ludgate, H.: NMC horizon report: 2013 higher education. The New Media Consortium, Austin, Texas. http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2013-horizon-report-HE-DE.pdf (2013)

Kieras, D., Meyer, D., Ballas, J.: Towards demystification of direct manipulation: cognitive modelling charts the gulf of execution. In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, New York pp. 128–135. (2001)

Kowloon True Light School Language Acquisition for the 21st Century Learners—Building a student centric experience through technology integrated instructional design and outcome. Project Summary. http://www.ktlms.edu.hk/data/doc/share-file/funded_projects/TrueLight_Outline_Eng_WEB.pdf (2011). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Lai, K.W., Pratt, K.: Information and communication technology (ict) in secondary schools: the role of the computer coordinator. Br. J. Educ. Technol 35(4), 461–475 (2004)

Li, L.: Technology in Hong Kong schools. http://www.showme.com/blog/2011/09/technology-in-hong-kong-schools/ (2011). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Lur, X.: Singapore schools get iPads, gaming consoles. Yahoo Singapore News Apr, 3. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-technology/singapore-schools-ipads-gaming-consoles-20110403-083711-833.html (2011). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Malone, T.W., Lepper, M.R.: Making learning fun: a taxonomy of intrinsic motivations for learning. In: Snow, R.E., Farr, M.J. (eds.) Aptitude, Learning and Instruction III: Conative and Affective Process Analyses, pp. 223–253. L. Erlbaum Associates Inc., Hillsdale (1987)

Mann, H.B., Whitney, D.R.: On a test of whether one of two random variables is stochastically larger than the other. Ann. Math. Stat. 18, 50–60 (1947)

McClanahan, B., Williams, K., Kennedy, E., Tate, S.: A breakthrough for josh: how use of an ipad facilitated reading improvement. TechTrends 5(3), 20–28 (2012)

Meurant, R.C.: The iPad and EFL Digital Literacy. Signal Processing and Multimedia, pp. 224–234. Springer, Berlin (2010)

Nielsen, J.: Usability 101: Introduction to usability. Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html (2012). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Nugent, C., Davies, R. J., Donnelly, M., Hallberg, J., Hariz, M., Craig, D., Meiland, F., Moelaert, F., Bengtsson, J. E., Savenstedt, S., Mulvenna, M., Droes, R. M.: The development of personalised cognitive prosthetics. In: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, IEEE, pp. 787–790. (2008)

Painter, S.R.: Issues in the observation and evaluation of technology integration in K12 Classrooms. J. Comput. Teach. Educ. 17(4), 21–25 (2001)

Pegrum, M., Oakley, G., Faulkner, R.: Schools going mobile: a study of the adoption of mobile handheld technologies in western Australian independent schools. Aust. J. Educ. Technol. 29(1), 66–81 (2013)

Romeo, G., Edwards, S., McNamara, S., Walker, I., Ziguras, C.: Touching the screen: issues related to the use of touchscreen technology in early childhood education. Br. J. Educ. Technol. 34(3), 329–339 (2003)

Schweller, K.: Apes With Apps. IEEE Spectrum Jul. http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/apes-with-apps/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=070512 (2012). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Shneiderman, B.: Direct manipulation: a step beyond programming languages. Computer 16(8), 57–69 (1983)

Shneiderman, B.: The future of interactive systems and the emergence of direct manipulation. Proceedings of the NYU Symposium on User Interfaces on Human Factors and Interactive Computer Systems, pp. 1–28. Ablex Publishing Corp, Norwood (1984)

Shneiderman, B., Plaisant, C.: Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human–Computer Interaction, 5th edn. Pearson Higher Education, Boston (2010)

Sitdhisanguan, K., Chotikakamthorn, N., Dechaboon, A., Out, P.: Using tangible user interfaces in computer-based training systems for low-functioning autistic children. Personal Ubiquitous Comput 16(2), 143–155 (2012)

Stevens, C.: Designing for the iPad: Building Applications that Sell. Wiley, UK (2011)

Tasman-Jones, J.: School iPad revolution may go nationwide. Auckland Now May, 15. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/6919789/School-iPad-revolution-may-go-nationwide (2012). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Voyce I.: iPad—The rise of the naturalistic user interface. Voyce March, 11. http://www.voyce.com/index.php/2010/03/11/ipad-the-rise-of-the-naturalistic-user-interface/ (2010). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Vygotsky, L.S.: Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (1978)

Ward, V.: School trials iPad exam. The Telegraph May, 25. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/9291172/School-trials-iPad-exam.html (2012). Retrieved 1 Oct 2013

Welch, B.L.: The generalization of ‘student’s’ problem when several different population variances are involved. Biometrika 34(1/2), 28–35 (1947)

Wilcoxon, F.: Individual comparisons by ranking methods. Biom. Bull. 1(6), 80–83 (1945)

Xie, L., Antle, A.N., Motamedi, N.: Are tangibles more fun? Comparing children’s enjoyment and engagement using physical, graphical and tangible user interfaces. In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction, ACM, New York, NY, TEI’08, pp. 191–198. (2008)

Zuckerman, O., Arida, S., Resnick, M.: Extending tangible interfaces for education: digital montessori-inspired manipulatives. In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, New York, NY, CHI’05, pp. 859–868. (2005)