| Abstract [eng] |
Mathematics develop critical thinking skills, solving real-world problems and contributing to scientific and technological progress. Developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills is particularly relevant in today's ever-changing world, and mathematical thinking also influences the way in which people deal with the tasks and challenges of their personal and professional lives. However, pupils' mathematical performance is poor, and they struggle to understand or solve mathematical problems and apply mathematical concepts to real-life situations. In order to find out what students' needs are, a survey was carried out and it was found that the most difficult problems for students are word problems, equations, inequalities and geometry problems. They also think that visualisations make lessons more interesting, enrich the learning material and ease the assimilation of new information. For the development of the visualisations, different technologies were analysed and Manim, for animations, and GeoGebra, for interactive tasks, were chosen as the tools with which a total of 50 visualisations were realized. The effectiveness of the animations and interactive tasks developed was subsequently tested with pupils in Year 10. Testing showed a positive change in mathematics results after diagnostic and summative evaluations. |
