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Many studies have shown positive effects of using storybooks to teach mathematics on young children’s attitude toward mathematical learning as well as their abilities and skills to solve mathematical problems. As technology advances, interactive electronic storybooks are also playing as key tools to enhance students’ learning. The purpose of current study is to explore how to combine the characteristics of storybooks and the interactive technology to develop a highly interactive e-storybook App on iPad to enhance preschoolers’ learning in numeric concepts. It is believed that this study on interactive math storybook Apps will give numerous benefits toward many individuals such as children, parent and teacher, instructional designers.
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Weng, C., Weng, A. (2013). The Development of Interactive Book Apps to Teach Young Children Mathematical Concepts. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2013 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 374. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39476-8_24
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