Epistemic and Mediational Suitability of Tasks Designed in a Mobile Learning Context

Lizzet Morales-Garcia; Catalina Navarro Sandoval; María del Socorro García González

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Lizzet Morales-Garcia ¹ ^* , Catalina Navarro Sandoval ¹ , María del Socorro García González ¹

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¹ Autonomous University of Guerrero, MEXICO^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The aim of this research is to propose indicators of epistemic and mediational suitability to assess tasks designed in a mobile learning context, using theoretical and methodological elements of the onto-semiotic approach (OSA) and the SAMR model (substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition). With these indicators, 110 tasks designed by two Mexican teachers are evaluated, for the teaching of the natural number in primary education. Some results indicate that the situation-problems addressed the meanings of numerical sequence, operational, ordinal, and measure, and that 56% of the tasks were located at the substitution level. Some implications derived from the research are that the mathematical content can be complemented by including other representations of the natural number and that the design of tasks that are positioned at the modification and redefinition levels should be encouraged. The foregoing serves as a basis for the design and assessment of mobile content for the natural number concept.

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epistemic suitability
mediational suitability
mobile learning
natural number

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 18, Issue 3, March 2022, Article No: em2083

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Morales-Garcia L, Navarro Sandoval C, García González MDS. Epistemic and Mediational Suitability of Tasks Designed in a Mobile Learning Context. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2022;18(3):em2083. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11708

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Morales-Garcia L, Navarro Sandoval C, García González MDS. Epistemic and Mediational Suitability of Tasks Designed in a Mobile Learning Context. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2022;18(3), em2083. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11708

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Morales-Garcia, Lizzet, Catalina Navarro Sandoval, and María del Socorro García González. "Epistemic and Mediational Suitability of Tasks Designed in a Mobile Learning Context". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2022 18 no. 3 (2022): em2083. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11708

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Morales-Garcia, L., Navarro Sandoval, C., and García González, M. D. S. (2022). Epistemic and Mediational Suitability of Tasks Designed in a Mobile Learning Context. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(3), em2083. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11708

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Morales-Garcia, Lizzet et al. "Epistemic and Mediational Suitability of Tasks Designed in a Mobile Learning Context". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 18, no. 3, 2022, em2083. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11708