EFFECT OF HANDHELD TABLET COMPUTING DEVICES ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF MIDDLE GRADES STUDENTS AS REPORTED BY TEACHERS

This summary outlines educators’ contributions to this master thesis that addressed the effects on grades three to eight classrooms through research on how grades three to eight teachers view the use of handheld tablet computing devices in classrooms. The study posed three research questions and presented previous research that supports the development of the questions and demonstrates the gap in the knowledge regarding handheld tablet computing devices in the classroom