Applets and paper & pencil tasks as resources for working with mathematical representations

Odelya Tzayada, Michal Tabach

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Abstract

Integrating applets into mathematics lessons is a challenge for elementary school teachers. The current study aims to evaluate to what extent applets chosen by the teachers functioned as resources, as compared to paper & pencil resources in mathematics lessons. In this study 42 teachers used, for the first time, applet activities in their lesson as well as paper & pencil tasks. The analysis focused on two mathematical aspects: The mathematical content and the required competence when engaging with representations. The findings show that teachers tended to prefer the applet activity over the paper & pencil task regarding representations. Furthermore, teachers preferred activities that move from the concrete to the abstract and not the opposite, regardless of the resource type.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
EditorsMichal Ayalon, Boris Koichu, Roza Leikin, Laurie Rubel, Michal Tabach
Pages275-282
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2023
Event46th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2023 - Haifa, Israel
Duration: 16 Jul 202221 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Volume4

Conference

Conference46th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2023
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityHaifa
Period16/07/2221/07/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Education

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