A Study of Mathematics E-Textbook Usage in Hong Kong Primary School

Abstract

In this study, it describes the overview of the e-Textbook Market Development Scheme in Hong Kong. An experiment was conducted in a Primary school in Hong Kong, which the participants are 2 classes of Primary 4 students who studies Mathematics with printed textbook (n=22) and e-textbook (n=31) respectively. The class studied with printed textbook served as the control group, while the class studied with etextbook served as the experimental group. The intervention of this study is the change of mode in studying mathematics – change from studying printed textbook to e-textbook in the experimental group. Their Mathematics tests result of the first and second standardize test were collected for further analysis. The findings in the report shows that using e-textbook rather than printed textbook to study Primary Mathematics can help to improve the overall examination result of students, in particular, help to improve their test results on dimensions “N” (Number) and “M” (Measures). The result also suggests that improvements are more significant in girls when compare with boys.