Open AccessGeocatatum: Its influence on the development of children‘s geometric thinking
Author(s) -
E. López Ovalle,
Mawency Vergel Ortega,
Carlos Alberto Gómez Colmenares
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1414/1/012005
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , context (archaeology) , mathematics education , early childhood , development (topology) , pedagogy , psychology , geometry , computer science , mathematics , political science , geography , developmental psychology , mathematical analysis , archaeology , politics , law
The objective of this article is to analyse the influence of the implementation of the Geocatatum platform, a didactic tool in the teaching of geometry in early childhood education. The research follows a mixed study, quasi-experimental and phenomenological design; the sample conformed of 250 children from educational institutions in the Catatumbo, Norte de Santander, Colombia. Resources and services for students and teachers are announced in the development. The results show that the virtual resources and services designed and implemented improved academic performance in geometry and the development of geometric thinking. Emerging categories to these factors were promotion of practices of application of geometry in context, effective use of tic and communicative skills.