Effect of mobile teaching on students who need special education Tolgay Karanfiller 1 • Kamil Yurtkan 2 • Omac ¸ Rus ¸tiog ˘lu 3 • Hu ¨seyin Go ¨ksu 1 Published online: 26 February 2018 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract The purpose of this study is to test the mobile application designed for the teaching purposes of students who need special education. Many mobile applications and software are available for teaching, thus this study will point the effect of using such technologies in teaching activities as an assistive method to the teacher. The tests are done using our previously designed mobile application that is designed to teach the basic concepts. As it is indicated in the design, the process starts with the testing of the basic abilities of the children, therefore, our tests include these kind of pretests and after that testing phases that will measure the effect of the application to learning. Students who need special education are the focus of the study. The tests are carried out in a special education centre, in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus on two students. Test results show that the mobile application developed in its current form, is a good tool to assist the teachers to enhance and speed up the learning process. Keywords Mobile learning Á Mobile application design Á Teaching Á Learning Á Teaching– learning processes & Tolgay Karanfiller tkaranfiller@ciu.edu.tr Kamil Yurtkan kyurtkan@ciu.edu.tr Omac ¸ Rus ¸tiog ˘lu orustioglu@ciu.edu.tr Hu ¨seyin Go ¨ksu hgoksu@ciu.edu.tr 1 Bilgisayar O ¨ g ˘retim Teknolojileri Eg ˘itimi, Eg ˘itim Faku ¨ ltesi, Uluslararası KıbrısU ¨ niversitesi, Kuzey Kıbrıs Tu ¨rk Cumhuriyeti, Nicosia, North Cyprus 2 Bilgisayar Mu ¨hendislig ˘i, Mu ¨hendislik Faku ¨ltesi, Uluslararası KıbrısU ¨ niversitesi, Kuzey Kıbrıs Tu ¨rk Cumhuriyeti, Nicosia, North Cyprus 3 O ¨ zel Eg ˘itim O ¨ g ˘retmenlig ˘i, Eg ˘itim Faku ¨ltesi, Uluslararası KıbrısU ¨ niversitesi, Kuzey Kıbrıs Tu ¨rk Cumhuriyeti, Nicosia, North Cyprus 123 Qual Quant (2018) 52:S1353–S1363 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-018-0715-8