Using the Interactive Learning Environment Aplusix for Teaching and Learning School Algebra: A Research Experiment in a Middle School.
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Most software tools that have been developed with the aim of helping students to learn school algebra have not yet\nachieved successful results in classroom. Almost all of them are menu-based systems that provide transformation\nrules in menus and buttons. Aplusix is a new interactive software tool for learning school algebra. In contrast to\nexisting software tools in mathematics education, Aplusix has been developed to allow students to freely build and\ntransform algebraic expressions as they can do on paper. In addition, Aplusix provides appropriate feedback and\ninteractivity, and as such, it becomes a source of learning. This work reports on a research project on the\ninvestigation of students’ learning of elementary algebra with Aplusix. The work uses the Theory of Didactical\nSituations (TDS) to analyze and evaluate the learning potentialities of Aplusix. The paper also reports on\nimplications for the learning of school algebra and the integration of Aplusix into mathematics classroom.
Source: BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway))
Author: Said Hadjerrouit
Institution: University of Agder
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2166793741