Open AccessThe Effect of Dynamic Mathematics Software Geogebra on Student’ Achievement: The Case of Differential Equations
Author(s) -
M.A. Latifi,
Khalid Hattaf,
Naceur Achtaich
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of educational and social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.162
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2239-978X
pISSN - 2240-0524
DOI - 10.36941/jesr-2021-0141
Subject(s) - mathematics education , software , function (biology) , computer science , calculus (dental) , differential (mechanical device) , algebra over a field , mathematics , pure mathematics , programming language , medicine , dentistry , evolutionary biology , biology , engineering , aerospace engineering
In mathematics, a differential equation uses important mathematical concepts like function, derivative, integral, etc. Geogebra is a dynamic mathematical software uniting geometry, algebra and differential calculus. There are two objectives in this study. The first objective is to examine the impact of the use of Geogebra on the students’ understanding of differential equations. The second objective is to see how the students interact with a Geogebra environment according to their styles of mathematical thinking. The subjects of this research were 35 and 32 students for the experimental and control group, respectively of 12th grade at a government school, west of Morocco, in the academic year 2020-2021. These participants have different mathematical thinking styles (MTS): visual, analytic, and integrated. The results show that teaching differential equations with GeoGebra is more efficient in terms of conceptual knowledge than the conventional method. In procedural knowledge, students in both groups were in similar achievement levels. We can conclude that Geogebra was more beneficial for students with integrated thinking, especially for conceptual knowledge.
Received: 19 July 2021 / Accepted: 3 October 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021