Designing Digital Stories to Explain Complex Mathematical Concepts in a Real-World Context: The Math-eo Project

• In Event: 35.081 - Roundtable Session 13
  In Roundtable Session: 35.081-19 - Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning SIG Roundtable 2: Engaging Content With Technology

Abstract

This mixed methods study examines whether engaging in a digital problem-solving project increases pre-service teachers’ understanding of the relationship between visual, auditory and verbal representation in critical thinking/problem solving in mathematics and what aspects of a digital problem solving project support pre-service teachers’ ability to integrate digital technology in mathematics education. Results indicated that as pre-service teachers worked through the writing/problem solving process and constructed digital stories, they became more aware of the advantages of using this multimodal product to teach mathematical concepts to elementary/middle school students. The Math-eo Project provided pre-service teachers with a new tool for their own learning and teaching and for integrating digital technology in mathematics education to increase student engagement, motivation and learning.

Authors

• Martha Robison Green, Texas A&M University

• Dianne S. Goldsby, Texas A&M University

• Lynne Masel Walters, Texas A&M University

• Liangyan Wang, Texas A&M University

• Timothy N. Walters