Students' Kinaesthetic Interactions with a Touch-Enabled Virtual Mapping Tool

Title
Students' Kinaesthetic Interactions with a Touch-Enabled Virtual Mapping Tool
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Prodromou, Theodosia
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-7756
Email: tprodrom@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:tprodrom
Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria
Kyriakides, Andreas O
Editor
Editor(s): Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Katerina Mavrou, Efi Paparistodemou
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Information Science Reference
Place of publication
Hershey, United States of America
Edition
1
Series
Advances in Mobile and Distance Learning (AMDL) Book Series
DOI
10.4018/978-1-4666-8714-1.ch001
UNE publication id
une:17865
Abstract
Recent technology advances have substantially changed the way we teach and learn mathematics providing educators with opportunities for creating novel inquiry-based learning environments by increasing the range and sophistication of possible classroom activities. The affordances provided by mobile technologies can motivate students to engage in authentic problem solving activities that can promote their mathematical learning, and the attainment of important competencies essential in modern society. This chapter reports on the main experiences gained from a study that exploited affordances of tablet devices used by young students (11-year old). Findings from the study indicate that general purpose apps such as Recce that was employed in the current study can scaffold learning of the mathematics curriculum in educationally powerful ways that engage students and promote their mathematical growth.
Link
Citation
Integrating Touch-Enabled and Mobile Devices into Contemporary Mathematics Education, p. 1-23
ISBN
9781466687141
9781466687158
Start page
1
End page
23

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