TY - CHAP
T1 - Students' Kinaesthetic Interactions with a Touch-Enabled Virtual Mapping Tool
AU - Prodromou, Theodosia
AU - Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria
AU - Kyriakides, Andreas O
PY - 2015/12/31
Y1 - 2015/12/31
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
KW - Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
KW - Educational Technology and Computing
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/211589161
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-4666-8714-1.ch001
DO - 10.4018/978-1-4666-8714-1.ch001
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781466687141
SN - 9781466687158
T3 - Advances in Mobile and Distance Learning (AMDL) Book Series
SP - 1
EP - 23
BT - Integrating Touch-Enabled and Mobile Devices into Contemporary Mathematics Education
A2 - Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria
A2 - Mavrou, Katerina
A2 - Paparistodemou, Efi
PB - Information Science Reference
CY - Hershey, United States of America
ER -