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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Children’s Engagement with Mathematics in Kindergarten Mediated by the Use of Digital Tools
Martin CarlsenPer Sigurd HundelandIngvald Erfjordsubject
AppropriationTransitive relationZone of proximal developmentInformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.HCI)Interactive whiteboardSociocultural perspectiveMathematics educationContext (language use)Multimodal interactionGesturedescription
The purpose of this chapter is to study children’s engagement with mathematics in kindergarten mediated by digital tools within the context of interactive whiteboard (IWB). Our study reports from a research project aiming at analysing in what ways digital tools may nurture children’s appropriation processes relative to mathematics. In adopting a sociocultural perspective on learning and development, observations together with video recordings have been analysed. Our study shows that the children make sense of the digital tools and are able to apply the tools purposefully due to the interaction with an adult within the zone of proximal development (ZPD). The children externalise their reasoning through multimodal interaction, such as drag-and-drop actions, verbal responses, and non-verbal pointing gestures. Their engagement and interaction with the digital tool made the children become involved in an initial process of appropriating mathematical tools such as pair of contrasts, comparison of weights, and the transitive ordering relation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-06 |