Using Cognitive Tutor Software in Mathematics Teaching: The Case of Slope

New Search

Print Abstract

E-mail Abstract

Full Text

View Slides

Save to My Collections

Export Citation

Demir, M. (2012). Using Cognitive Tutor Software in Mathematics Teaching: The Case of Slope. In T. Amiel & B. Wilson (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2012 (pp. 2846-2851). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/41172.

• Share:
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2012
Denver, Colorado, USA
June 26, 2012
ISBN 1-880094-95-9
  Tel Amiel & Brent Wilson
AACE

More Information on EDMEDIA
Table of Contents

Author

Mustafa Demir, University of Detroit Mercy, United States

Abstract

This study examined the impact of using the Cognitive Tutor Software (CTS) on students’ conceptual knowledge of slope. The CTS is an intelligent tutoring system that aims to improve students’ mathematics learning by providing an interactive learning environment where students can work with various representations of mathematical concepts and receive immediate feedback. In the study, one group of students used the CTS to solve problems about slope, and the other group solved the same set of problems with paper and pencil. The findings indicated that students who used the CTS displayed considerable increase in their conceptual knowledge of slope, in particular by identifying slope values and explaining their contextual meanings from algebraic, textual and graphical representations of linear functions. The study also revealed that the CTS enabled students to improve their knowledge of slope through offering multiple representations of linear functions and individualized hints.

Also Read

• The intractability of information: non-governmental development organizations and the uses of knowledge
• The Effects of Computer-Assisted Concept Mapping on EFL Students’English Reading
• A Comparison of Learners' Achievement between Blended Learning and Distance Learning
• Social Networking and Education: Using Facebook as an Edusocial Space
• The Ecology in Architecture Design Project: Pedagogical, Graphic and Technological Strategic Choices
• The International Handbook Summit Call to Action for Learning with Technology in the 21st Century
• Education and Information Technology 2012: A Selection of AACE Award Papers
• Becoming an Educational Technology Leader Though Online Education
• The Development of Online Student Skills: Successful online students share their secrets
• Credibility of a simulation-based virtual laboratory: An exploratory study of learner judgments of verisimilitude

Tags