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Mathematics Attitudes in Computerized Environments

A Proposal Using GeoGebra

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Model-Centered Learning

Part of the book series: Modeling and Simulations for Learning and Instruction ((MSLI,volume 6))

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In the last few decades, research on technology-assisted teaching and learning has identified a variety of factors that are involved in the effective integration of such methods. Focusing on one such factor, attitudes, this paper reports on research on attitudes and technology in the context of secondary school mathematics (15- and 16-year-old students). The results reveal significant aspects of attitudes toward mathematics and technology as well as of certain underlying cognitive-emotional processes (inductive attitude, accuracy and rigour, perseverance, critical thinking) that may be useful for teachers integrating software such as GeoGebra into their class curriculum.

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  1. Mathematics Faculty, Complutense University, Spain

    Inés Mª Gómez-Chacón

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  1. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

    Lingguo Bu

  2. Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

    Robert Schoen

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Gómez-Chacón, I.M. (2011). Mathematics Attitudes in Computerized Environments. In: Bu, L., Schoen, R. (eds) Model-Centered Learning. Modeling and Simulations for Learning and Instruction, vol 6. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-618-2_11

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