Embodied learning at a distance: from sensory-motor experience to constructing and understanding a sine graph

• Published in: Mathematical thinking and learning Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 409 - 437
• Main Authors: Shvarts, Anna, van Helden, Gitte
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 02.10.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Active Learning; Blended Learning; CAI; Case Studies; Computer assisted instruction; Concept Formation; conceptual understanding; Distance Education; Distance learning; Educational Technology; Embodied design; Foreign Countries; Graphs; Handheld Devices; Mathematical Concepts; mathematics education; Mathematics Instruction; perception-action loop; Problem Solving; Psychomotor Skills; Secondary School Students; Sensory Integration; Substrates; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; Trigonometric functions; Trigonometry; Netherlands

Educational technologies develop quickly. Which functions of face-to-face education can be substituted by technology for distance learning? One of the risks of online education is the lack of embodied interactions. We investigate what embodied interactive technologies might offer for teaching trigon...