This action-research study was designed to determine the impact of the interactive electronic whiteboard in middle school mathematics. The researcher taught two seventh grade mathematics classes during a unit on transformations. The control class had access to the use of the interactive electronic whiteboard while the experimental class was taught without the use of the board. The sole independent variable was the use of the interactive electronic whiteboard (and lack of its use) in each class. Pre and post tests were given to measure the students' change in visualization skills and content knowledge over the course of the instruction. Interviews with students were conducted to investigate the nature of the interactive whiteboard and its impact on student attitudes towards technology and student attitudes towards the teaching and learning of mathematics. The research showed no statistically significant difference in content learning or visualization gains, while student motivation and interest in their mathematics class increased. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Middle and Secondary Education in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester, 2004. / June 21, 2004. / Interactive Electronic Whiteboard, Smartboard / Includes bibliographical references. / Elizabeth Jakubowski, Professor Directing Thesis; Leslie Aspinwall, Committee Member; Matthew Clark, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_176288 |
| Contributors | Robinson, Matthew C. (authoraut), Jakubowski, Elizabeth (professor directing thesis), Aspinwall, Leslie (committee member), Clark, Matthew (committee member), Department of Middle and Secondary Education (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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