Design and Evaluation of Digital Resources to Enhance Creative Mathematical Thinking in a Biomathematics Context. (original) (raw)

Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology, 2016

Abstract

In this article, we present the design and the a priori evaluation of digital resources, carried out within the framework of the MC Squared project (http://mc2-project.eu). These resources are the so-called “c-book units” (“c” for creative), which are digital books produced within a socio-technological environment allowing meshing narratives with interconnected, interactive and dynamic digital artefacts (widgets), to promote Creative Mathematical Thinking (CMT). We have developed a methodology to support creative design and the a priori evaluation of the CMT potential of the c-book units’ affordances. We illustrate here the design and evaluation of a c-book unit within a biomathematics context aimed at supporting learning and mathematical reasoning, using a wide range of digital widgets. We discuss the design choices resulting in the resource affordances to promote mathematical creativity in terms of personalized non-linear path, constructivist approach, and meta-cognition based activities, among others. We present experts’ a priori evaluation of the resource CMT potential.

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