From Experiences in a Dynamic Environment to Written Narratives on Functions

This study focusses on high school students’ written discourse about their experiences in a dynamic interactive digital environment in which functions were represented in one dimension, as dynagraphs , that are digital artifacts in which the independent variable can be acted upon and its movement ca...

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Published inDigital experiences in mathematics education Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 1 - 29
Main Authors Antonini, Samuele, Baccaglini-Frank, Anna, Lisarelli, Giulia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Dependent variables
Education
Educational Technology
Epistemology
Independent variables
Learning and Instruction
Mathematics Education
Students
Function
Dynagraph
Commognition
Narrative
Covariation
Dynamic interactive mediator
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Summary:This study focusses on high school students’ written discourse about their experiences in a dynamic interactive digital environment in which functions were represented in one dimension, as dynagraphs , that are digital artifacts in which the independent variable can be acted upon and its movement causes the variation of the dependent variable. After the introduction of the notion of Dynamic Interactive Mediators within the theory of Commognition, we analyze and classify students’ written productions describing their experience with the dynagraphs. We present this classification as a tool of analysis that allows us to gain insight into how their writing reflects the temporal and dynamic dimensions of their experience with the dynagraphs. This tool is used to analyze 11 excerpts; finally, epistemological, cognitive and didactic implications of this tool are discussed.
ISSN:2199-3246
2199-3254
DOI:10.1007/s40751-019-00054-3