The influence of interfaces on the understanding of Mathematics in secondary schools in Afghanistan

• Main Author: Mojadadi, Abdul Rahman
• Other Authors: Venter, Isabella
• Language: en
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2014
• Subjects: e-learning; Secondary schools; Computer Aided Instruction; Internet; ANGeL; Set theory; Mother tongue; Gender; Graphical User Interface; Human Computer; Interaction; User interface design; Visual programming
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2561

Masters of Science === The focus of this research is to establish whether there is a difference in the way the genders perceive the visualization of mathematics, with specific reference to set theory. The influence of the computing experience of students on their perceptions was also investigated. Interfaces were created for the teaching of set theory for learners in the first class of secondary school. Since the mother tongue of most the pupils is Dari the interface was made available in both Dari and English. The interfaces were used to gather the data for the research === South Africa