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Publication Date: 2014
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Learning with Facebook: Preparing for the Mathematics Bagrut -- A Case Study
Biton, Yaniv; Hershkovitz, Sara; Hoch, Maureen
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) (38th) and the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) (36th, Vancouver, Canada, Jul 15-20, 2014)
To help students prepare for the resit exam of the mathematics Bagrut (Israeli matriculation) of 2013, the Center for Educational Technology established a virtual review session using Facebook, for four days before the exam. 614 students and 16 teachers participated. We examined three central questions, each about using Facebook to prepare for the mathematics Bagrut: What opportunities for learning were created? What are the students' opinions? What are the teachers' opinions? Analysis of the posts on Facebook revealed five types of situations with potential for learning. Answers to on-line questionnaires show that both students and teachers hold positive opinions towards the solution for learning provided by Facebook. We recommend researching the opportunities for learning afforded by the social networks. [For the complete proceedings, see ED597799.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Preparation, Mathematics Tests, Social Media, Communities of Practice, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Satisfaction, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
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