Constructing an MCSCL Groupware to Improve the Problem-solving Experience of Mathematics for Hearing-impaired Students

This study proposes the application of the MCSCL groupware for the hearing-impaired students to engage in learning the mathematics word problems. This groupware, which integrates the collaborative argumentation theory, the scaffolding tools, and the comic, is to be applied in the activities of the collaborative learning. We present the system architecture which describes the implementation based on integration of the PDA, the network technology, and the learning strategy. Furthermore, this study employed the groupware as a channel for the hearing-impaired students to improve the experience of learning the mathematics word problems.