Abstract
Do virtual representations, intended for teaching and learning, afford different constraints and affordances compared to their physical twins, and may this lead to different ways of interaction and understanding? In this line of inquiry, and with the perspective on learning as an extended activity, where learning can be mediated through the interaction with artefacts, the present study has translated the concrete material from a 30-year-old study on geometry to a digital application with virtual geometrical manipulatives. 26 students from the 6th grade worked with the software for two lessons and thereafter completed a test. Learning outcomes are presented and compared to those from the original study, revealing not only substantially less learning gains, but also other unexpected differences.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 30th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2022 - Proceedings |
| Editors | Sridhar Iyer, Ju-Ling Shih, Weiqin Chen, Mas Nida MD Khambari, Mouna Denden, Rwitajit Majumbar, Liliana Cuesta Medina, Shitanshu Mishra, Sahana Murthy, Patcharin Panjaburee, Daner Sun |
| Publisher | Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education |
| Pages | 206-209 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789869721493 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Event | 30th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2022 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 2022 Nov 28 → 2022 Dec 2 |
Conference
| Conference | 30th International Conference on Computers in Education Conference, ICCE 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | Malaysia |
| City | Kuala Lumpur |
| Period | 2022/11/28 → 2022/12/02 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Educational Sciences
Free keywords
- affordances
- Concrete and virtual representations
- constraints
- digital and physical interaction
- extended cognition
- geometry