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Digital storytelling in mathematics: a competence-based methodology

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This paper concerns with the use of digital storytelling in mathematics education as a competence-based methodology. It seems to be well apt to improve students’ capabilities be active solvers of real world problems, according to PISA framework. We present a storytelling model, which takes into account both research results about storytelling from pedagogical area and from story problems in mathematics education. According to the model, we present a use case, consisting in the implementation of a prototype. This latter has been made available to the Regional School Office of Campania (South of Italy) in the context of a project to support schools activities regarding mathematical literacy. Finally, we report some early students’ perceptions and discuss the constraints and limits of the prototype.

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  1. http://www.aliceproject.eu/.

  2. http://pisa.educa.ch/sites/default/files/20131205/esercizi_matematica-pisa_2012.pdf (page 8).

  3. http://www.invalsi.it/snvpn2013/documenti/strumenti/SNV2013_MAT_10_Fascicolo1.pdf (page 12).

  4. http://www.invalsi.it/areaprove/documenti/strumenti/PN/Matematica_PN_2014_F1.pdf (page 9).

  5. http://www.invalsi.it/areadati/concidee/Prova_Matematica_II_SUPERIORE.pdf (page 5).

  6. http://www.engheben.it/prof/materiali/invalsi/invalsi_seconda_superiore/2006-2007/invalsi_matematica_2006-2007_1_on_line/invalsi_matematica_2006-2007_sup11.htm (page 7).

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Albano, G., Pierri, A. Digital storytelling in mathematics: a competence-based methodology. J Ambient Intell Human Comput 8, 301–312 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-016-0398-8

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