Culturally Aware Mathematics Education Technology

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Education and learning take place in a situation that is heavily influenced by the culture. The learners’ cultural context affects cognitive processes in learning. Hence, to improve the conditions for learning, e-learning environments and their contents have to interact with the learner in a culturally appropriate way. Therefore, an e-learning system intended for cross-cultural usage has to adapt to the students’ diverse cultural background. For the enculturation of the European platform for mathematics learning, ActiveMath, a number of dimensions are adapted culturally. These are: presentation of system and learning material, terminology, selection and sequencing of learning objects, interaction, and learning scenarios. This chapter describes ActiveMath’ enculturation: computational model, computational techniques, and the empirical basis for the cultural adaptation.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology : Perspectives and Models
EditorsEmmanuel G. Blanchard, Daniele Allard
Number of pages15
Place of PublicationHershey
PublisherIGI Global Publishing
Publication date2010
Pages543-557
ISBN (print)978-1615208838, 1615208836
ISBN (electronic)9781615208845
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Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes