Using the interactive learning environment aplusix for teaching and learning school algebra: A research experiment in a middle school
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Hadjerrouit, S. (2011). Using the interactive learning environment aplusix for teaching and learning school algebra: A research experiment in a middle school. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 10(4), 384-389.Sammendrag
Most software tools that have been developed with the aim of helping students to learn school algebra have not yet
achieved successful results in classroom. Almost all of them are menu-based systems that provide transformation
rules in menus and buttons. Aplusix is a new interactive software tool for learning school algebra. In contrast to
existing software tools in mathematics education, Aplusix has been developed to allow students to freely build and
transform algebraic expressions as they can do on paper. In addition, Aplusix provides appropriate feedback and
interactivity, and as such, it becomes a source of learning. This work reports on a research project on the
investigation of students’ learning of elementary algebra with Aplusix. The work uses the Theory of Didactical
Situations (TDS) to analyze and evaluate the learning potentialities of Aplusix. The paper also reports on
implications for the learning of school algebra and the integration of Aplusix into mathematics classroom.
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Published version of an article from the journal: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology. Also available from the publisher: http://www.tojet.net/ Open Access