Exploratory teaching: Integrating applet to teach arithmetic multiplication operation

Yelitza Aveiro Freitas; Maryam Abbasi; Sónia Brito-Costa; Ricardo Pinto; Virgílio Rato; Fernando Martins

doi:10.29333/ejmste/15666

Yelitza Aveiro Freitas ¹ ^* , Maryam Abbasi ¹ ² , Sónia Brito-Costa ¹ ³ , Ricardo Pinto ¹ ⁴ , Virgílio Rato ¹ , Fernando Martins ¹ ³ ⁵

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¹ Polytechnic University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PORTUGAL² Research Center for Natural Resources Environment and Society, Polytechnic University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PORTUGAL³ inED–Center for Research and Innovation in Education, Polytechnic Instituto of Porto, Porto, PORTUGAL⁴ Hypatiamat Association, Braga, PORTUGAL⁵ Polytechnic University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PORTUGAL. ^* Corresponding Author

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Foundational arithmetic skills in early education and understanding effective teaching methodologies are fundamental. This paper studies how exploratory teaching (ET) impacts the integration of an applet and its effect on understanding multiplication in a second-grade primary school. The data collected assessed students’ knowledge levels and overall performance. The intervention sessions involved tasks in an applet to understand the meanings of the multiplication operation. The ET model was structured with five sessions, each with four phases. The results indicated that this method significantly improved students’ arithmetic self-efficacy and effectively integrated applets into the classroom for enhanced learning of arithmetic operations.

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digital technology
applets
exploratory teaching
arithmetic operations
primary school

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 20, Issue 12, December 2024, Article No: em2546

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Freitas, Y. A., Abbasi, M., Brito-Costa, S., Pinto, R., Rato, V., & Martins, F. (2024). Exploratory teaching: Integrating applet to teach arithmetic multiplication operation. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(12), em2546. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/15666

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Freitas YA, Abbasi M, Brito-Costa S, Pinto R, Rato V, Martins F. Exploratory teaching: Integrating applet to teach arithmetic multiplication operation. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(12):em2546. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/15666

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Freitas YA, Abbasi M, Brito-Costa S, Pinto R, Rato V, Martins F. Exploratory teaching: Integrating applet to teach arithmetic multiplication operation. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(12), em2546. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/15666

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Freitas, Yelitza Aveiro, Maryam Abbasi, Sónia Brito-Costa, Ricardo Pinto, Virgílio Rato, and Fernando Martins. "Exploratory teaching: Integrating applet to teach arithmetic multiplication operation". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2024 20 no. 12 (2024): em2546. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/15666

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Freitas, Y. A., Abbasi, M., Brito-Costa, S., Pinto, R., Rato, V., and Martins, F. (2024). Exploratory teaching: Integrating applet to teach arithmetic multiplication operation. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(12), em2546. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/15666

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Freitas, Yelitza Aveiro et al. "Exploratory teaching: Integrating applet to teach arithmetic multiplication operation". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 20, no. 12, 2024, em2546. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/15666