A constructivist computational tool to assist in learning primary school mathematical equations

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 484-492

  Figueira Sampaio, Aleandra da Silva ^a   dos Santos, Eliane Elias Ferreira ^a   Carrijo, Gilberto Arantes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; POLYNOMIAL EQUATION; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; SMALL GROUPS; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOLVING POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS; TWO-MATERIALS; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MOTIVATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

TEACHING;

EID: 67349276077     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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