Title :
Playing with maths: GeoGebra application for meaningful education
Author :
Cukierman, Uriel ; Arnal, Patricia ; Cerasulo, Paula ; Esperon, Gabriela ; Fuertes, Beatriz ; Aguero, Martin ; Urdaneta, Rafael ; Ibanez, Leonardo ; Badaro, Sebastian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abstract :
This paper is about a mini-course that we developed to train teachers, how to teach basic mathematic concepts to their students by relating those concepts to a popular game like "Candy Crush". In order to facilitate this process, we used GeoGebra, a free and open source application that is frequently used for teaching mathematics. The Mini-Course is being delivered through a WordPress platform. This idea may be extended, afterwards, to other mathematical concepts and other games.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; mathematics computing; teaching; Candy Crush; GeoGebra application; WordPress platform; free and open source application; mathematics teaching; mini-course; Collaborative work; Educational institutions; Games; Materials; Mathematics; Software; GeoGebra; STEM; education; games; mathematics;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubai
DOI :
10.1109/ICL.2014.7017777
