THE USE OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

The use of mobile applications in the classroom is considered a powerful educational tool for improving learning processes. This article sets out to conduct a systematic review of the current literature on the benefits of mobile applications as potential educational tools in the acquisition of early mathematical competence. From this perspective, a systematic literature search from relevant international databases was conducted in order to find papers published in journals or conference proceedings from January 2015 onwards. These data have been classified to obtain a description of the characteristics and the results of mobile applications. 1329 references were initially identified in database searches and 25 of these papers met the inclusion criteria. The main conclusion shows how, the use of mobile applications in the mathematics classroom has positive effects on students' performance, motivation and learning results, at both early childhood and primary levels.