Individual, Cooperative and Collaborative Works with Educational Games of Mathematics for Computers

  • Cannone, Giacomo (Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) ;
  • Hernandez, Josefa (Department of Mathematical Analisis, Mathematics Education Area, University of La Laguna, Spain) ;
  • Palarea, Maria Mercedes (Department of Mathematical Analisis, Mathematics Education Area, University of La Laguna, Spain) ;
  • Socas, Martin M. (Department of Mathematical Analisis, Mathematics Education Area, University of La Laguna, Spain)
  • Published : 2007.06.30

Abstract

We analyze the possibilities of using Information and Communication Technologies as a resource in the teaching/learning of Mathematics and we show the results of concrete experiments carried out with the games: "Adibu", "La ciudad perdida" and "Drood en el planeta siete", with fourteen students and two primary school teachers in a school in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain). Our analysis of the games is made within a global framework in which individual, cooperative and collaborative learning are considered, taking as reference the theoretical frameworks set out by Piaget, Vygotsky, and the principles of collaborative learning (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning).

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