Math teachers made less use of interactive tools in corona time
Webinar Math@Distance: Research on distance mathematics teaching
Since the closure of Dutch schools in March, educators have massively and rapidly developed forms of distance learning. A study on mathematics education in the Netherlands, Germany and Flanders shows that teachers have made less use of interactive and mathematical tools during this period. On 9 July, Prof. Paul Drijvers (Freudenthal Institute) shared the first results of the study in a webinar organised by the U.S. National Commission of Mathematics Instruction, attended by about 500 participants from all over the world.
The Freudenthal Institute and the Dutch Association of Mathematics Teachers (NVvW), together with researchers from Germany and Flanders, studied mathematics education at a distance: how did the teachers approach it and how did they like it?
A striking result is that the use of mathematical tools such as GeoGebra and interactive tools such as Socrative or Kahoot has decreased significantly since the closure of the schools. What has increased enormously is the use of video conferencing, for example with Microsoft Teams or Zoom. 鈥淚t seems as if teachers have been so engrossed in the new way of teaching that they鈥檝e forgotten the familiar old ICT tools for a minute,鈥 says Prof. Drijvers.