Understanding technology use and constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties

Alabdulaziz, M.; Higgins, S.

doi:10.15680/ijirset.2017.0601105

Understanding technology use and constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties

Alabdulaziz, M.; Higgins, S.

Authors

M. Alabdulaziz

Professor Steven Higgins s.e.higgins@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This paper will investigate the relationship between technology use and the use of constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties. Semi-structured interviews and observations were used for the purpose of this research, which were undertaken with three mathematics teachers from school A which used technology, and the other three from school B, which did not use technology. We found that technology can support constructivist approach when teaching and learning mathematics. Therefore, it is interesting to mention that the use of technology not only helps in increasing practice and motivation, but also can be used to help students regarding their misconceptions about mathematics consistent with constructivist and radical constructivist approaches.

Citation

Alabdulaziz, M., & Higgins, S. (2017). Understanding technology use and constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties. International journal of innovative research in science, engineering and technology, 6(1), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.15680/ijirset.2017.0601105

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Dec 14, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jan 15, 2017
Publication Date	Jan 15, 2017
Deposit Date	Apr 21, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Apr 21, 2017
Journal	International journal of innovative research in science, engineering and technology
Print ISSN	2347-6710
Electronic ISSN	2319-8753
Publisher	IJIRSET
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	6
Issue	1
Article Number	105
DOI	https://doi.org/10.15680/ijirset.2017.0601105