Utilization of e-book among university mathematics students

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Letchumanan, Malathi and Ahmad Tarmizi, Rohani (2010) Utilization of e-book among university mathematics students. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 8. pp. 580-587. ISSN 1877-0428

Abstract

This study aims to explore utilization pattern of e-book among mathematics students’ of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). This research adopts simple random sampling method to collect data. About 35 undergraduate students participated in this study. Based on the result, only 37.1% of the respondents have used e-book. Among the reasons given for using e-books are “available around the clock”, “searchable” and “allow easy navigation”. Those who have never used e-books stated that they are not familiar with the technology. The result shows that majority of the respondents like to use e-book for finding materials for their assignments.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Educational Studies
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.080
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	E-book; Mathematics; UPM; E-learning; Utilization pattern
Depositing User:	Emelda Mohd Hamid
Date Deposited:	28 Dec 2011 14:20
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2015 07:14
Altmetrics:	http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.080
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17561
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