‘BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE’ (BYOD) IN THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM MALA NATARAJ, SELWYN COLLEGE AMA WORKSHOP APRIL 5TH 2014
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STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES
• Students’ difficulties in Mathematics and Statistics highlighted in the Research literature. • Many students appear to struggle with Algebraic concepts and also ideas in Number such as fractions and powers • So how can we help students who are struggling in mathematics? • And how can we extend the gifted and talented?
BYOD (BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE)
• Many schools going with the BYOD idea for teaching and learning • How can technology help students in mathematics?
USES OF BYOD IN TEACHING AND LEARNING • Use of calculator in BYOD • Research – for example, students can conduct research on
a mathematician (e.g Fermat)
a mathematical idea (Pascal’s triangle) or
the history of mathematics
USE OF BYOD • BYOD can also be used as a tool for: Scaffolding learning Increasing thinking skills Enhancing conceptual understanding Extending the more able students
SOME EXAMPLES OF USE OF BYOD
BYOD worksheets that I have developed so far for Years 9-13 are related to the following topics: Number Algebraic manipulation Algebraic graphs Calculus
CONCLUSION
• Thank you very much for attending this session!
• Comments, suggestions for improvement and other ideas welcome. • Email :
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