Main presenter
Co-presenter(s)
Name :
MS Yuan Yuan
Name:
MRS Chun-Yi Lee
E-mail:
yuan@mail.nhltc.edu.tw
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Institution or
Company:
National Huawlien Teachers College
Name:
Department:
E-mail:
City:
Hsinchu
Name:
State/Province:
E-mail:
Country:
Taiwan
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Type of
presentation:
Lecture : 25 minutes.
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Conference
strand and number:
ACDCA ,
Number:
A12
Schedule:
Room:
Thursday, 12h00
1422
Related website:
http://163.25.178.88/lii/basicgeometry/index.html
Title of
presentation:
Designing instructional tools by Flash MX ActionScript-some examples to teach basic geometric concepts
Abstract:
As we all know, Flash has been a useful tool to create motion pictures. However, integrating these functions into mathematical learning was little. With its strong functions, Flash MX ActionScript could be used to crate highly interactive activities to motivate students’ mathematics learning. We developed a series of instructional tools on the web (http://163.25.178.88/lii/basicgeometry/index.html) to teach junior high school students basic geometric concepts, they are “exploring exterior angles of polygons”, “exploring interior angles of polygons”, ”exploring properties of parallel lines”. Each package includes a discussion the object and designing ideas of the package, questions to explore, an on line test, electronic tools, and media illustrations of the package. An experimental design was used to test the effect of the applications of these electronic tools. It was found that students in the experimental group performed better on questions of the basic concept level. Seventy percent of the students agreed that integrating these FLASH tools into instruction help their mathematics learning, and eighty-six percent of them like to have similar curriculum in the future.