Culturally Aware Mathematics Education Technology
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Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models. ed. / Emmanuel G. Blanchard; Daniele Allard. Hershey: IGI Global Publishing, 2010. p. 543-557.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Culturally Aware Mathematics Education Technology
AU - Melis, Erica
AU - Goguadze, Giorgi
AU - Libbrecht, Paul
AU - Ullrich, Carsten
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Didactics of Mathematics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957266163&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-61520-883-8.ch025
DO - 10.4018/978-1-61520-883-8.ch025
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1615208838
SN - 1615208836
SP - 543
EP - 557
BT - Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology
A2 - Blanchard, Emmanuel G.
A2 - Allard, Daniele
PB - IGI Global Publishing
CY - Hershey
ER -