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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/mathedu.2021.60.1.159

Comparative study of the effects in using geofix and cabri 3D on folding nets' activities  

Seo, Hwajin (Jeonju Songwon Elementary School)
Lee, Kwangho (Korea National University of Education)
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The Mathematical Education / v.60, no.2, 2021 , pp. 159-172 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the effects of physical manipulative and exploratory geometry software on the spatial sense for 5th grade elementary school students in learning nets. For this purpose, ton experimental group used Geofix, an operational learning tool, and the experimental group used Cabri 3D, an exploratory geometry software to learn the nets of solids. The comparison group was learned by worksheet only without any manipulative or software. Spatial sense tests were conducted before and after to determine the level, and eye tracking were used to analyze the strategies of students in solving nets problems. As a result, it was confirmed that the using Geofix group was the most effective for the spatial sense, and Cabri 3D could also be a good tool for learning the nets of solids. In addition, after learning the nets of solids, the analytical strategy, which was the most effective strategy for students' solving strategies, increased. In the process of solving spatial tasks such as the spatial sense tasks, eye tracking technology become a very useful tool for exploring students' strategies, so it is expected that objective and useful data will be collected through more active use in the future.
Keywords
spatial sense; the nets of solid; physical manipulative; dynamic geometry software;
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