TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS SUPPORTED BY GAMES
Teuta ILJAZI
Abstract
Mathematical games find application in the teaching of mathematics. Mathematical games as such have been encountered early on and are applied with the aim of encouraging students to learn the subject of mathematics. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to answer that questions of how much games are used in the teaching of mathematics, what the purpose of using mathematical games is, which games are most commonly used, and how often games are used in the teaching of mathematics. The data collection was conducted through an online questionnaire completed by seventy teachers from the lower cycle of primary education. Games, as a part of teaching mathematics, support it in every part of the lesson, encouraging students to participate more actively and inclusively, while following the rules of the game. From the processed questionnaires, it was concluded (and the hypothesis was confirmed) that the effectiveness of games in conceptual understanding of mathematics is correlated with the development of mathematical reasoning in teaching mathematics ( =0.763; p=0.000). It also confirmed the hypothesis that the students' preferred games depend on the location of the school ( =17.975; p=0.012).
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93 - 100