DIGITAL LIBRARY
DYNAMIC MATH CLASSROOM – TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS AT PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
University "Prof. Dr Asen Zlatarov" (BULGARIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2017 Proceedings
Publication year: 2017
Pages: 6246-6252
ISBN: 978-84-697-6957-7
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2017.1620
Conference name: 10th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 16-18 November, 2017
Location: Seville, Spain
Abstract:
Typical of the modern student is the visual-kinetic style of learning. In order to achieve an effective learning process, the student should be in an active position. Conditions should be create to teach through play and action, using teamwork, work in pears and creative individual work. Learning math is a challenge for the teacher because of the abstractness of the curriculum. The main mathematical concepts and quantitative concepts in children are formed in Preschool. In Primary school mathematical literacy of small pupils is achieved by working with computational tasks and solving problems requiring a mathematical solution. The traditional frontal work of the teacher creates problems in the modern classroom. This requires a substantial change in roles and the place of teacher and pupil in the learning process.

The aim of this paper is to propose and present a model of learning and teaching mathematics – Dygital Math Classroom. Main features of the model are the technologies rich teaching environment, interactive methods and forms of teaching and learning proposed by the teacher and variety of educational resources – in digital and in E-form. The classroom should be equipped with whiteboard, laptop, projector, tablets for each student, programmable toys like BeeBot, i.e.

The paper presents the experience of the author from implementation of dynamic classroom into 10 kindergartens in 2016-2017 school year. Kindergarten teachers worked with interactive white board and tablet (for every student), using educationally software, developed and implemented under the scientific leadership of the author. A model for dynamic 1st grade is presented, based on implication of BeeBot _ an interactive solution.
Keywords:
Mathematics, Primary school, technology rich environment.