“Interstellar Wanderers:” Digital Support for Teaching Place Value Within the Activity Approach Framework
Elena Vysotskaya, Anastasia Lobanova · 2023
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Description
Elena Vysotskaya and Anastasia Lobanova describe a digital module that teaches place value, in a 2023 paper on math learning. Many errors in decimal counting come from a weak grasp of how the position system works. Their module, called Interstellar Wanderers, lets children count in other bases to see the logic afresh.
The design follows an activity approach in which the computer is more than a drill tool. Pupils act on objects on screen, and the objects react, which helps them form the idea behind multi-digit numbers. The authors report early results from a first training series with pupils from second to fifth grade.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Elena Vysotskaya, Anastasia Lobanova |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |