El desarrollo reciente de la tecnología educacional permite generar interacciones multi-touch que han abierto nuevas fronteras en la educación de las matemáticas. La literatura en el campo de la neurociencia, de la psicología del desarrollo y de la educación matemática indica que el uso de los dedos para contar y representar números y para otras cosas más básicas, puede tener un efecto positivo en el desarrollo de habilidades numéricas. El fin de este estudio piloto fue crear y probar, de manera cualitativa, un protocolo de 30 horas que fue diseñado para niños de 4 a 5 años y que podría fomentar el uso efectivo de sus dedos. Los resultados preliminares indican que el protocolo está bien estructurado y que, por medio de su aplicación, los niños mejoran sus interacciones con las apps y desarrollan una representación más madura de sus manos y de sus dedos.

Recent developments of educational technology that allow multi-touch interactions have opened new frontiers in the field of education, and in particular of mathematics education. Literature from the fields of neuroscience, developmental psychology, and mathematics education indicate that using fingers for counting and representing numbers, but also using them in more basic ways, can have a positive effect on the development of numerical abilities. The objective of this pilot study was to create and qualitatively test a 30 hour protocol for 4-5 year old children, that might foster effective use of their fingers. Preliminary results indicate that the protocol is well designed and that throughout the intervention children improved their performances with the apps and developed more mature representations of their hands and fingers.

How might multi-touch technology be a powerful aid for preschoolers’ development of numerical abilities?

BACCAGLINI-FRANK, ANNA ETHELWYN
2014-01-01

Abstract

Recent developments of educational technology that allow multi-touch interactions have opened new frontiers in the field of education, and in particular of mathematics education. Literature from the fields of neuroscience, developmental psychology, and mathematics education indicate that using fingers for counting and representing numbers, but also using them in more basic ways, can have a positive effect on the development of numerical abilities. The objective of this pilot study was to create and qualitatively test a 30 hour protocol for 4-5 year old children, that might foster effective use of their fingers. Preliminary results indicate that the protocol is well designed and that throughout the intervention children improved their performances with the apps and developed more mature representations of their hands and fingers.
2014
BACCAGLINI-FRANK, ANNA ETHELWYN
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