Visual Learning in Application of Integration

Innovative use of technology can improve the way how Mathematics should be taught. It can enhance student’s learning the concepts through visualization. Visualization in Mathematics refers to us of texts, pictures, graphs and animations to hold the attention of the learners in order to learn the con...

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Main Authors: Shafie, Afza, Janier, Josefina Barnachea, Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah
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Published: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2010
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spelling my.utp.eprints.22432014-04-01T11:17:33Z Visual Learning in Application of Integration Shafie, Afza Janier, Josefina Barnachea Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah L Education (General) Innovative use of technology can improve the way how Mathematics should be taught. It can enhance student’s learning the concepts through visualization. Visualization in Mathematics refers to us of texts, pictures, graphs and animations to hold the attention of the learners in order to learn the concepts. This paper describes the use of a developed multimedia courseware as an effective tool for visual learning mathematics. The focus is on the application of integration which is a topic in Engineering Mathematics 2. The course is offered to the foundation students in the Universiti Teknologi of PETRONAS. Questionnaire has been distributed to get a feedback on the visual representation and students’ attitudes towards using visual representation as a learning tool. The questionnaire consists of 3 sections: Courseware Design (Part A), courseware usability (Part B) and attitudes towards using the courseware (Part C). The results showed that students demonstrated the use of visual representation has benefited them in learning the topic. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2010 Book Section PeerReviewed http://www.springerlink.com/ Shafie, Afza and Janier, Josefina Barnachea and Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah (2010) Visual Learning in Application of Integration. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 832-843. ISBN 978-3-642-05035-0 http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2243/
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Shafie, Afza
Janier, Josefina Barnachea
Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah
Visual Learning in Application of Integration
description Innovative use of technology can improve the way how Mathematics should be taught. It can enhance student’s learning the concepts through visualization. Visualization in Mathematics refers to us of texts, pictures, graphs and animations to hold the attention of the learners in order to learn the concepts. This paper describes the use of a developed multimedia courseware as an effective tool for visual learning mathematics. The focus is on the application of integration which is a topic in Engineering Mathematics 2. The course is offered to the foundation students in the Universiti Teknologi of PETRONAS. Questionnaire has been distributed to get a feedback on the visual representation and students’ attitudes towards using visual representation as a learning tool. The questionnaire consists of 3 sections: Courseware Design (Part A), courseware usability (Part B) and attitudes towards using the courseware (Part C). The results showed that students demonstrated the use of visual representation has benefited them in learning the topic.
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author Shafie, Afza
Janier, Josefina Barnachea
Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah
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Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah
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title Visual Learning in Application of Integration
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