drill, math, tablet, iPad, worksheet

Frequent practicing in mathematics is one of often used forms of teaching. For basic mathematical operations, we talk about the drill. This work compares two different forms of drills, which is carried out by using a tablet and a suitable application, and conventional counting on the paper worksheet. The aim is to compare the speed of the solution, error rate and pupil motivation. The experiment was performed on two groups of pupils. It was found that at least 60 percent of pupils had higher motivation for practicing and errors were almost completely eliminated. The increased speed of practising on iPad was reflected most strikingly in case of the pupils whose results on paper were the worst. Using the iPad for drills in math produced better results than working with traditional paper worksheet.