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Learning Scenario to Promote Comprehension of the Meaning of Subtraction
- Source :
- Education Sciences; Volume 11; Issue 12; Pages: 757, Education Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 757, p 757 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021.
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Abstract
- The integration of virtual manipulatives in classroom practices facilitates student learning processes. For this, the teacher must understand how to support students in establishing mathematical connections between the manipulation and their interpretations of the representations. We present a learning scenario that integrates the use of virtual manipulatives in mathematical modelling tasks. It was designed and implemented during initial teacher training, with the aim of helping a group of first-year elementary school students to overcome difficulties identified in their comprehension of the meaning of subtraction. The research, following the principles of design-based research, included three distinct moments: an individual written pre-test, an intervention phase with six micro-cycles, and an individual written post-test. The analysis of the collected data—audio, screen recordings, and written productions—allowed us to identify the most influential structural characteristics of the learning scenario: mathematical communication, collaborative learning, self-regulation, and co-regulation of learning. Our results suggest that differentiated instruction, minimal guidance, and scaffolding played an important role in the support provided by the pre-service teacher to students in the mathematical modelling activities that integrated virtual manipulatives.
- Subjects :
- Public Administration
Computer science
pre-service teacher
Differentiated instruction
Subtraction
Design elements and principles
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Collaborative learning
elementary mathematics
virtual manipulatives
Computer Science Applications
Education
Comprehension
Elementary mathematics
learning scenarios
mathematical modelling
subtraction
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Mathematics education
Mathematical communication
Meaning (linguistics)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22277102
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Education Sciences; Volume 11; Issue 12; Pages: 757
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0c05c36c9fc805e211baebd9202335ea
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11120757