Effect of using Desmos on high school students’ understanding and learning of functions

Batoul Chechan; Ernest Ampadu; Arnold Pears

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Batoul Chechan ¹ ^* , Ernest Ampadu ¹ , Arnold Pears ¹

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¹ Department of Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SWEDEN^* Corresponding Author

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This study examines the effect of using Desmos on students’ performance in learning functions. An embedded mixed methods design was applied and involved 98 students from an upper secondary school in Sweden. Students’ assessments (pre- and post-test) and opinion polls were the two main data collection instruments. The results show that both groups (experimental and control) experienced a significant improvement in their post-test scores. However, the experimental group had a statistically significant improvement in comparison with that of the control group across the five constructs used in this study. The qualitative data revealed that the majority of the students ascribed a positive effect of the use of Desmos on their general understanding of function concepts, their ability to analyze functions and check their answers through visualization, which are difficult when working using paper and pencil.

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Desmos
digital tool
functions
learning experience
understanding

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 19, Issue 10, October 2023, Article No: em2331

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Chechan, B., Ampadu, E., & Pears, A. (2023). Effect of using Desmos on high school students’ understanding and learning of functions. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(10), em2331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13540

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Chechan B, Ampadu E, Pears A. Effect of using Desmos on high school students’ understanding and learning of functions. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2023;19(10):em2331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13540

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Chechan B, Ampadu E, Pears A. Effect of using Desmos on high school students’ understanding and learning of functions. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2023;19(10), em2331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13540

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Chechan, Batoul, Ernest Ampadu, and Arnold Pears. "Effect of using Desmos on high school students’ understanding and learning of functions". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2023 19 no. 10 (2023): em2331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13540

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Chechan, B., Ampadu, E., and Pears, A. (2023). Effect of using Desmos on high school students’ understanding and learning of functions. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(10), em2331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13540

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Chechan, Batoul et al. "Effect of using Desmos on high school students’ understanding and learning of functions". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 19, no. 10, 2023, em2331. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13540