A Framework of mobile educational application for kindergarten early reading

Abdul Jalil Mohamad

Abstract

A mobile application running on a mobile device offers a novel, fascinating solution to assist children develop their reading skills. However, a number of existing mobile applications in the market have less attributes of appropriate application for young children. The weaknesses of these applications are due to absence of specific framework dedicated for this area. Therefore, this study is focused to propose a framework of a mobile application for kindergarten early reading by analyzing and synthesizing existing frameworks and guidelines. This study proposed a framework of mobile educational application for kindergarten early reading constructed by three main pillars and 16 elements.

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