Mobile app for learning economics terminologies

The use of the educational mobile app in teaching and learning is getting popular nowadays due to improvement in technology, better accessibility, users’ acceptance and affordances of mobile devices. This paper discusses the conceptual design of Economics mobile app for learning economics terminolog...

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Main Authors: Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza, Abas, Hafiza, Masrom, Maslin, Mohdali, Raihana, Nik Mohamed, Nik Nadzirah
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89687/
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spelling my.utm.896872021-02-22T05:56:30Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89687/ Mobile app for learning economics terminologies Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Abas, Hafiza Masrom, Maslin Mohdali, Raihana Nik Mohamed, Nik Nadzirah HB Economic Theory The use of the educational mobile app in teaching and learning is getting popular nowadays due to improvement in technology, better accessibility, users’ acceptance and affordances of mobile devices. This paper discusses the conceptual design of Economics mobile app for learning economics terminologies. The app is designed for ubiquitous self-learning based on cognitive theories, which are information processing theory and cognitive theory in multimedia learning. The users are secondary school students in Malaysia. A qualitative study is adopted for data collection where interviews will be conducted with Economics teachers to identify the list of economic terminologies to be included in the app and also to explore the effective methods of delivering the meaning of those terminologies. The app is aimed to aid students to build understanding and knowledge of the economics terminologies, process the information for long term retention and increase their interest in Economics subject to improve economic literacy. The details of the app are explained in this paper. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2019 Article PeerReviewed Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza and Abas, Hafiza and Masrom, Maslin and Mohdali, Raihana and Nik Mohamed, Nik Nadzirah (2019) Mobile app for learning economics terminologies. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9 (10). pp. 191-202. ISSN 2222-6990 http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i10/6477
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic HB Economic Theory
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza
Abas, Hafiza
Masrom, Maslin
Mohdali, Raihana
Nik Mohamed, Nik Nadzirah
Mobile app for learning economics terminologies
description The use of the educational mobile app in teaching and learning is getting popular nowadays due to improvement in technology, better accessibility, users’ acceptance and affordances of mobile devices. This paper discusses the conceptual design of Economics mobile app for learning economics terminologies. The app is designed for ubiquitous self-learning based on cognitive theories, which are information processing theory and cognitive theory in multimedia learning. The users are secondary school students in Malaysia. A qualitative study is adopted for data collection where interviews will be conducted with Economics teachers to identify the list of economic terminologies to be included in the app and also to explore the effective methods of delivering the meaning of those terminologies. The app is aimed to aid students to build understanding and knowledge of the economics terminologies, process the information for long term retention and increase their interest in Economics subject to improve economic literacy. The details of the app are explained in this paper.
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author Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza
Abas, Hafiza
Masrom, Maslin
Mohdali, Raihana
Nik Mohamed, Nik Nadzirah
author_facet Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza
Abas, Hafiza
Masrom, Maslin
Mohdali, Raihana
Nik Mohamed, Nik Nadzirah
author_sort Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza
title Mobile app for learning economics terminologies
title_short Mobile app for learning economics terminologies
title_full Mobile app for learning economics terminologies
title_fullStr Mobile app for learning economics terminologies
title_full_unstemmed Mobile app for learning economics terminologies
title_sort mobile app for learning economics terminologies
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89687/
http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i10/6477
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