Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical program
In this paper a Mathematics multimedia interactive online program is evaluated. It was used by 215 ten-year old students with a verbal or quantitative capacity which situated them in the top 10% of their age group. The program lasted twelve weeks from March to May 2009. The students’ evaluation of t...
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doaj-c0f30d6fd646486198766c46163c9eb92020-11-25T00:16:07ZengAsociación Universitaria de Formación del ProfesoradoRevista Electronica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado0213-86461575-09652010-04-01131119135Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical programJavier TourónGuillermina MarcosMarta TourónIn this paper a Mathematics multimedia interactive online program is evaluated. It was used by 215 ten-year old students with a verbal or quantitative capacity which situated them in the top 10% of their age group. The program lasted twelve weeks from March to May 2009. The students’ evaluation of the experience was very positive: 82% would repeat the experience and 94% would recommend it to class mates. Also the average evaluation of the program on a five point Likert scale was 4,17, that of the virtual classroom 3,94, and that of the tutor 4,58. The student learning evaluation indicates significant improvements between the pretest and the posttest, with values between 5 and 20 points. A few considerations are made on the possibilities of on-line learning to be adjusted to the educational needs of all students.http://www.aufop.com/aufop/uploaded_files/articulos/1268618799.pdfMathematics teachingOnline educationHigh ability studentsCenter for Talented Youth/CTY SpainMaths destinationProgram evaluation |
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Javier Tourón Guillermina Marcos Marta Tourón Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical program Revista Electronica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado Mathematics teaching Online education High ability students Center for Talented Youth/CTY Spain Maths destination Program evaluation |
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Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical program |
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Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical program |
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Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical program |
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Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical program |
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Online education for high intellectual ability students: An assessment of a mathematical program |
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online education for high intellectual ability students: an assessment of a mathematical program |
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Asociación Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado |
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Revista Electronica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado |
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0213-8646 1575-0965 |
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2010-04-01 |
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In this paper a Mathematics multimedia interactive online program is evaluated. It was used by 215 ten-year old students with a verbal or quantitative capacity which situated them in the top 10% of their age group. The program lasted twelve weeks from March to May 2009. The students’ evaluation of the experience was very positive: 82% would repeat the experience and 94% would recommend it to class mates. Also the average evaluation of the program on a five point Likert scale was 4,17, that of the virtual classroom 3,94, and that of the tutor 4,58. The student learning evaluation indicates significant improvements between the pretest and the posttest, with values between 5 and 20 points. A few considerations are made on the possibilities of on-line learning to be adjusted to the educational needs of all students. |
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Mathematics teaching Online education High ability students Center for Talented Youth/CTY Spain Maths destination Program evaluation |
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