Abstract Skolverket (2019) writes in the mathematical intent that the pupil shall be given opportunities to investigate mathematical concepts with the use of digital tools. Since the schools have become more digitised we wanted to do a study about conceptual learning in digital curriculum resources connected to mathematics and geometry. Digital learning materials are one of many digital tools that schools can use for instance in the mathematical subject. The purpose of this study is to enlighten how different digital curriculum resources give the pupils opportunities to train their conceptual understanding in preschool. The analysis query in our study is based on different theories about how digital curriculum resources are constructed, geometry learning and concept learning. The results showed that the pupils are given opportunities to train their conceptual knowledge. Since tasks that encourage the pupils to cooperate are missing completely, the pupils only get to train their conceptual knowledge individually without any encouragement for discussion from the learning material. / Sammanfattning Skolverket (2019) skriver i matematikdelens syfte att eleverna ska ges möjlighet undersöka matematiska begrepp med hjälp av digitala verktyg. I och med att skolorna har blivit alltmer digitaliserade ville vi göra en undersökning om begreppsinlärning i digitala läromedel kopplat till matematik och området geometri. Digitala läromedel är ett av de många olika digitala verktyg som skolor kan använda sig av i exempelvis matematikämnet. Syfte med denna undersökning är att belysa hur olika digitala läromedel ger eleverna möjligheter att träna på begreppsförmågan inom geometri i lågstadiet. Analysfrågorna i vår studie baseras på olika teorier som handlar om digitala läromedels uppbyggnad, lärande i geometri och begreppsinlärning. Resultatet visade att eleverna får möjlighet att träna på sin begreppsförmåga. Då uppgifter som uppmuntrar till samarbete saknas helt får elevernas endast träna sin begreppsförmåga individuellt utan att läromedlen uppmuntrar till diskussion.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF - Isaias Pessoa da Silva.pdf: 2207178 bytes, checksum: 8124cb5beb542876e9f557ec52a985b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-01 / This Master research aimed to investigate learning styles in Mathematics Course students in distance education mode (EAD) at UFPB and their relationship with the teaching materials. With theoretical assumptions in mathematics, as well as in researches developed by the authors: in distance education studies: Boyer (2010) and Roque (2012); for the teaching materials development area: Peters (2004), Litto & Formiga (2012); learning theories: Pais (2000), Barreto (2007) and Correa (2007), and learning style: Kolb (1984) . We have started with two initial questions: What are the main difficulties initially faced by Mathematics Course students in distance education mode? and How developed digital educational materials seek to face the students diversity in distance mode as well as different learning styles? Trying to look for answers to these questions our research was carried out at UFPB. The study was descriptive and exploratory, whose research subjects were eleven students of both sexes in the age group 25-49 years. We have used as tool a protocol adapted from Lima (2007), which was applied to students coursing the subject Mathematics for Basic Education I, in order to identify prevalent learning styles. In addition, we have used a semistructured interview. Data collection showed that the predominant learning style in those subjects was divergent and that most students interviewed listed the teaching materials used in the subject and the web access as the main obstacles in the teaching and learning process and also responsible for some failures. Data analysis also pointed out that students would like to have video classes as a teaching resource and emphasized its importance to succeed in learning. According to the presented results we can conclude that our objective was achieved, because we could identify the subjects learning styles and the main difficulties faced by those in this modality, furthermore, bring contributions for future research. / Esta pesquisa de Mestrado teve como objetivo investigar os estilos de aprendizagem dos alunos do Curso de Licenciatura em Matemática na modalidade EaD da UFPB e sua relação com os materiais didáticos. Fundamentada, teoricamente, na área da Matemática, nas pesquisas desenvolvidas pelos autores: Boyer (2010) e Roque (2012); nos estudos em EaD, buscamos apoio em Peters (2004), Litto e Formiga (2012); para a área de desenvolvimento de materiais didáticos, recorremos a Pais (2000), a Barreto (2007) e a Corrêa (2007), e para as teorias de aprendizagem, apoiamo-nos nos pressupostos teóricos de Kolb (1984) sobre os estilos de aprendizagem. Partimos de dois questionamentos iniciais: Quais as principais dificuldades enfrentadas inicialmente pelos estudantes de um Curso de Licenciatura em Matemática na modalidade EaD? e Como os materiais didáticos digitais desenvolvidos procuram atender à heterogeneidade dos alunos da modalidade a distância e aos diferentes estilos de aprendizagem? Procurando respostas para esses questionamentos, tivemos como lócus de pesquisa a EaD da UFPB, mais precisamente, o Curso de Licenciatura em Matemática dessa instituição. A pesquisa é de caráter descritivo e exploratório, cujos sujeitos pesquisados foram onze alunos de ambos os sexos na faixa etária de 25 a 49 anos. Utilizamos como instrumentos de pesquisa um protocolo adaptado de Lima (2007), que foi aplicado aos alunos da disciplina Matemática para o Ensino Básico I, para identificar quais os estilos de aprendizagem predominavam. Além disso, utilizamos uma entrevista semiestruturada. A coleta dos dados revelou que o estilo de aprendizagem predominante naqueles sujeitos é o divergente e que a maioria dos estudantes entrevistados apontaram o material didático utilizado na disciplina e o acesso à web como principais obstáculos no processo de ensino e aprendizagem e responsáveis por alguns fracassos. A análise dos dados apontou, ainda, que os alunos declararam que gostariam de ter tido como recurso didático as videoaulas e destacaram sua apresentados, podemos concluir que nosso objetivo foi atingido de maneira satisfatória, porquanto conseguimos identificar os estilos de aprendizagem dos sujeitos pesquisados e as principais dificuldades enfrentadas pelos alunos nessa modalidade e trazer contribuições para futuras investigações. importância para terem mais sucesso na aprendizagem. Diante dos resultados apresentados, podemos concluir que nosso objetivo foi atingido de maneira satisfatória, porquanto conseguimos identificar os estilos de aprendizagem dos sujeitos pesquisados e as principais dificuldades enfrentadas pelos alunos nessa modalidade e trazer contribuições para futuras investigações.

Fonologisk medvetenhet krävs för en framgångsrik läsinlärning. Samtidigt digitaliseras skolan och digitala redskap blir allt vanligare. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om och hur digitala läromedel kan fungera som medierande verktyg för utveckling av läsinlärningen och mer specifikt av den fonologiska medvetenheten hos elever. Syftet uppfylls genom följande frågeställningar: Hur svarar digitala läromedel upp mot vad forskningen menar är framgångsfaktorer vid utveckling av elevens fonologiska medvetenhet? Behöver digitala läromedel kompletteras med annan undervisning och inom vilka områden behöver de i så fall kompletteras för att utveckla elevens fonologiska medvetenhet? Genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med en sociokulturell syn samlades data från fyra digitala läromedel in, kategoriserades och ett resultat togs fram. Samtliga analyserade läromedel innefattar övningar som tränar den fonologiska medvetenheten. Läromedlen svarar också upp mot flertalet av framgångsfaktorerna i fonologisk medvetenhetsträning, exempelvis genom en explicit undervisning. Dock är inget av de analyserade läromedlen utformade för att ge en komplett undervisning i fonologisk medvetenhet. Resultat pekar således mot att de analyserade läromedlen kan vara ett redskap som till viss del förändrar lärarens roll, men som inte ersätter läraren. / To successfully learn to read phonological awareness is required. At the same time, schools are being digitized and digital tools are becoming more common. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether and how digital learning materials can act as a mediation tool for the development of reading skills and more specifically of the phonological awareness of students. The aim is fulfilled by the following issues: How do digital learning materials respond to what research believes are success factors in the development of the student's phonological awareness? Do digital learning materials need to be complemented by other teaching form and in what areas do they need to be supplemented to develop the student’s phonological awareness? Through a qualitative content analysis with a sociocultural view, data from four digital learning materials was collected, categorized and a result was produced. All analyzed learning materials include exercises that train the phonological awareness. The learning materials also correspond to the majority of the success factors in phonological awareness training, for example through explicit teaching. However, none of the analyzed learning materials are designed to provide a complete teaching of phonological awareness. The result points out that the analyzed learning materials can be a tool and to some extent change the role of the teacher, but not replace the teacher.

Many governments across the world have invested a lot of resources in information and communication technology (ICT) development with an aim to enhance teaching and learning using technology in schools. New educational ICT policy issues emerged and new patterns of ICT related practices are observable in education. This initiative has necessitated the development of National ICT Policies that will guide the implementation process in schools. Namibia has adopted the National ICT policy for Education in 2005 and the National ICT Policy Implementation Plan in 2006. Since the adoption no study was done to evaluate the implementation process, especially in rural schools where the teaching has been proven difficult. This study evaluates the implementation of the National ICT Policy for Education in Namibian rural junior secondary schools, especially in science classrooms. The thesis is a mixed methods study, undertaking survey and case studies. The study was conducted in the three educational regions, namely, Ohangwena; Oshana; and Oshikoto in Northern Namibia were 163 schools were sampled. The purpose of the study was to describe how ICT is being implemented in science classrooms and also explore factors that affect ICT implementation in rural schools. The study’s findings indicate that the rural schools in Namibia are in the initial phase of ICT implementation. ICT use and pedagogical use is low due to lack of professional development courses, pedagogical support and lack of ICT related resources. However, the few schools with high pedagogical use of ICT have shown an entrepreneurial leadership style and vision of the science teachers. The relational analysis suggests three main predictors of ICT implementation in rural schools. These findings were confirmed through case studies of successful schools. In addition, the findings were legitimised by the participants of the ICT use conference. The Kennisnet model (2009) was adopted and adapted as a conceptual framework for this study. The Howie model (2002) provided the frame within which the structure of input, process and outcome could be identified. The data was consistent with the adapted Kennisnet model (2009) and added five more constructs namely, entrepreneurial leadership, science curriculum goals, entrepreneurial science teachers’ vision, general use of ICT. The general use of ICT and attitudes of the science teachers influences the pedagogical use of ICT as added to the Howie model (2002). The results of this research suggest ways to improve the pedagogical use of ICT in rural schools; enable policymakers to make informed decision about resource allocation to the rural schools; and on teacher professional development in order to improve the current rural situation regarding ICT use. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Science, Mathematics and Technology Education / unrestricted

The purpose of this study is to increase the knowledge about how teachers work with digital learning material and high-achieving students in the subject of mathematics. The study is based on active teachers in grades two, three and four. We used semi-structured interviews to gain an understanding of what the teacher´s working method with high-achieving students looks like.  Digitization has brought about a major development in the school and based on our study, a clear use of digital resources can be seen in the classroom. The study shows that digital learning materials are being used by all teachers but to varying extents. The variation was largely due to different opportunities, limitations and the interest and knowledge of the teachers. However, most of the teachers were positive about the digital learning tool as the high-achieving students could easily receive tasks that were adapted to their level of knowledge. It also appeared that it was used to vary the teaching by offering different ways of working. Some teachers expressed difficulty in meeting the high-achieving students as they considered themselves to have a lack of knowledge in mathematics at a higher level. Furthermore, many teachers expressed that they have difficulties influencing digital teaching as it is characterized by several different factors. Through the interviews, it emerged that the teachers had different conditions depending on the organization, skill development and the school´s ability to purchase digital learning materials.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Katia Alexandra de Godoi e Silva.pdf: 7821134 bytes, checksum: e42b30778ef140e7689bcbde703d6804 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-09-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research analyzes pedagogical interventions in continuing education, in order to promote the choice and evaluation of digital learning materials, aiming to understand the elementary school teachers processes of reflection. The theoretical framework that guides this study comes from the texture of the digital learning material concepts, tools for choosing and assessing these materials, and references that guide the teacher to use ICDT and raise the matter of evaluation of materials in digital format, as well as approaches to teacher training for the use of ICDT in Education. The methodology is focused on four steps of Design-based Research. The first one is about the educational problem. The second lies in the choice of pedagogical artifact. The third is about the interventions in educational context. Finally, the fourth step provides guidelines for building design principles. In order to support the third step, the context and design of educational interventions are described, since it is not possible to understand the pedagogical design alone without taking the context in which it operates into account. The organization and identification of intervention categories was conducted with the aid of webQDA software, and the relational analysis of these interventions in educational context has been performed by using CHIC software, indicating that, in general, teachers participating in the research developed an autonomously reflexive critical posture in the context of choice, use and evaluation of digital learning materials in their teaching / Esta pesquisa analisa as intervenções pedagógicas na formação continuada para favorecer a escolha e a avaliação de materiais didáticos digitais, visando compreender os processos de reflexão dos professores do ensino fundamental. A fundamentação teórica que pauta este estudo provém da tessitura dos conceitos sobre materiais didáticos digitais, dos instrumentos para escolha e avaliação desses materiais e dos referenciais que orientam o professor para a utilização das TDIC e suscitam a questão da avaliação dos materiais no formato digital, assim como as abordagens de formação de professores para a utilização das TDIC na Educação. A metodologia está centrada nas quatro etapas da Pesquisa baseada em Design. A primeira recai sobre o problema educativo. A segunda reside na escolha do artefato pedagógico. A terceira constitui as intervenções em contexto pedagógico. Já a quarta etapa apresenta orientações para a construção de princípios de design. Para dar suporte à terceira etapa, o contexto e o design das intervenções pedagógicas são descritos, já que não é possível compreender apenas o design pedagógico sem levar em conta o contexto em que se insere. A organização e identificação das categorias das intervenções foi realizada com o auxílio do software webQDA, e a análise relacional dessas intervenções em contexto pedagógico foi concretizada por meio do software CHIC, indicando que, de modo geral, os professores participantes da pesquisa desenvolveram uma postura autônoma, crítica e reflexiva no contexto de escolha, utilização e avaliação dos materiais didáticos digitais em suas práticas pedagógicas