Evaluation of Mobile Learning: A Cognitive Style Approach

Abstract

Mobile devices bring a lot benefits to student learning, including flexibility, convenience and ubiquity. On the other hand, students have various characteristics, among which cognitive styles play an important role. This study aims to investigate how students react differently to mobile device from a cognitive style perspective. The results suggest that students in the mobile device scenario had more engagement and performed better than those in the desktop computer scenario. Furthermore, Holists who made more movements and Serialists who frequently used the Keyword Search could achieve good performance in the desktop computer scenario. On the other hand, the students performed similarly in the mobile device scenario though Serialists who made more repeated visits and browsed more pages could have better performance.