Incorporating GeoGebra into Geometry Learning-A lesson from India

Kaushal Kumar Bhagat; Chun-Yen Chang

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2015.1307a

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Kaushal Kumar Bhagat ¹, Chun-Yen Chang ¹ ^*

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¹ National Taiwan Normal University, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

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Students often find geometrical concepts abstract and difficult to understand. This results in poor performance, which contributes in the declining interest in geometry. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of using the free educational software program, ‗GeoGebra‘ on 9th grade student‘s mathematics achievement in learning geometry. A total of 50 students were selected from a government school located in the eastern part of India. The experimental group (25) was taught theorem on circles using GeoGebra while the control group (25) was taught utilizing traditional teaching methods. At the end of the treatment, students‘ mathematics achievements were measured using a post - test. The result indicated that GeoGebra is an effective tool for teaching and learning geometry in middle school

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GeoGebra
geometry
mathematics achievement
middle school

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Bhagat, Kaushal Kumar et al. "Incorporating GeoGebra into Geometry Learning-A lesson from India". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 11, no. 1, 2015, pp. 77-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1307a