Meta-analysis of the effect on academic performance of smartphones as an educational tool in higher education (2016-2020)
Abstract
This study aims to bring together the efforts made by different researchers over the last 5 years (2016-2020) regarding the analysis of the effect produced by Smartphones in formal education, specifically in university settings. In relation to the methodology followed, the phases recommended by Meca (2010) were taken as a reference. The studies included in this meta-analysis were selected through a search in the following databases: Scopus, WoS, Eric and Dialnet, and met the criteria determined a priori based on the needs of the study. The final selection included 25 articles, after a total of 2286 articles were subjected to rigorous analysis. During the investigation, the authors considered necessary to analyze (i) the influence of time of exposure of each group to the m-learning methodology and (ii) the possible differences between studies on languages or other aspects in the magnitude of the effect. In terms of the magnitude of the effect and the analyses conducted, the results show a clear positive influence of the m-learning methodology on students’ academic performance. Therefore, implementing m-learning methodology in university classrooms and to study its effect in depth by exploring other levels and areas of knowledge is considered congruent.
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