Teachers’ interactions and mathematics learning within a virtual environment

Authors

  • Aline Terra Salles Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro – IE/DTPE/PPGEduc BR-465, Km 7 Seropédica-Rio de Janeiro CEP. 23.890-000
  • Marcelo Almeida Bairral Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro – IE/DTPE/PPGEduc BR-465, Km 7 Seropédica-Rio de Janeiro CEP. 23.890-000

Keywords:

Virtual environment of learning, types of interlocution, teachers’ learning, taxicab geometry.

Abstract

The use of information and communication technology brings new ways of enrolment and motivation of individuals. These technologies have been an important vehicle for sharing information and constitute various communities. For this reason, it is necessary analysis of learning in virtual environments. The aim of this article focuses on the analysis of teachers interactions in the environment Virtual Math Team (VMT-Chat) in addressing one problem of taxicab geometry. We study learning through different forms of participation of individuals within the environment. The results shows that the identification of different types of interlocution (evaluative, interpretative, informative and negociative) allows the teacher the creation of strategies to contribute with the continuity of the debate and to promote the development of mathematical ideas emerged from interlocutions. The analysis also illustrates how teachers interacted online with the use of combinatorial analysis on the metric in taxicab geometry.

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Published

2016-07-13

How to Cite

Salles, A. T., & Bairral, M. A. (2016). Teachers’ interactions and mathematics learning within a virtual environment. Investigations in Science Education, 17(2), 453–466. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/198

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2012): August of 2012

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Artigos

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