Visual Application in Multi-touch Tabletop for Mathematics Learning: A Preliminary Study

Multi-touch technology on tabletop appears as a promising tool in collaborative learning with or without the presence of a teacher. It can overcome some of the problems faced in using desktop computer in education since it allows single user. This paper presents a preliminary study conducted for a r...

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Published inVisual Informatics: Sustaining Research and Innovations pp. 319 - 328
Main Authors Tyng, Khoo Shiang, Zaman, Halimah Badioze, Ahmad, Azlina
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
collaborative learning
horizontal display
Multi-touch
Tabletop Technology
Visual Informatics
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ISBN3642251900
9783642251900
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-25191-7_31

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Summary:Multi-touch technology on tabletop appears as a promising tool in collaborative learning with or without the presence of a teacher. It can overcome some of the problems faced in using desktop computer in education since it allows single user. This paper presents a preliminary study conducted for a research project in developing a visual application in multi-touch tabletop for preschool Mathematics called MEL-Vis. The study was conducted on eight preschool’s teachers and nine primary school teachers. The results of the preliminary study showed that the topics of addition and subtraction operations were the major problems in learning and teaching of Mathematics in the preschool and at Elementary Level (Primary One). Students were found to have difficulty in understanding the concepts of addition and subtraction operations.
ISBN:3642251900
9783642251900
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-25191-7_31