Research indicates that educators value certain benchmarks of educational quality when choosing educational apps from app stores (i.e., curriculum, feedback, scaffolding, learning theory, and development team). However, it is unclear how other users' ratings of the app, or the app's ranking on the app store's list of “top” educational apps, might impact educators' evaluations. The present study examines how educational benchmarks, ratings, and rankings influence educators' selection of educational apps. One-hundred and fifty elementary educators viewed 18 researcher-created educational app pages and indicated their willingness to download, pay for, and rate each app. Results from a repeated-measures MANOVA and non-parametric tests revealed that educators preferred benchmark apps to buzzword apps, with a medium sized effect. However, they also had a strong preference for apps with positive user ratings, with a large effect, and preferred apps with a bottom ranking, with a medium effect. To improve app selection, educators should rely on their own knowledge to choose apps rather than relying on user ratings or company rankings. Companies running app stores should improve their user ratings and rankings systems to facilitate selection of apps that include evidence-backed benchmarks of app quality.

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为什么这个应用程序？用户评分和应用商店排名如何影响教育工作者对教育应用的选择


研究表明，教育工作者在从应用商店选择教育应用程序时重视某些教育质量基准（即课程、反馈、脚手架、学习理论和开发团队）。然而，目前尚不清楚其他用户对该应用程序的评分或该应用程序在应用程序商店“顶级”教育应用程序列表中的排名可能会如何影响教育工作者的评估。本研究探讨了教育基准、评级和排名如何影响教育工作者对教育应用程序的选择。 150 名小学教育工作者查看了 18 个研究人员创建的教育应用程序页面，并表示他们愿意下载、付费和评价每个应用程序。重复测量多元方差分析和非参数测试的结果显示，教育工作者更喜欢基准应用程序而不是流行语应用程序，效果中等。然而，他们也强烈偏爱用户评级为正面、影响较大的应用程序，以及排名靠后、影响中等的应用程序。为了改善应用程序的选择，教育工作者应该依靠自己的知识来选择应用程序，而不是依赖用户评分或公司排名。运营应用程序商店的公司应改进其用户评级和排名系统，以方便选择包含有证据支持的应用程序质量基准的应用程序。