A didactic proposal for teaching factorization cases of expressions of the form ax2+by+cx+ay+exy+f through Mathigon
Paola Alejandra Balda Álvaréz 1 , Marcos Chacón-Castro 2 * , Romina Soledad Busain 3 , Janio Jadán-Guerrero 4
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1 Secretaría de Educación de Soacha, Institución Educativa General Santander, Soacha, COLOMBIA2 Grupo de Investigación GIECI, Fundación Universitaria Internacional de La Rioja, Bogotá, COLOMBIA3 Instituto de Educación Mercedes Pacheco, Escuela de Educación Secundaria n°61, La Plata, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA4 Mechatronics and Interactive Systems (MIST), Universidad Indoamérica, Quito, ECUADOR* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This paper presents the results of research conducted in a classroom setting with eighth-grade students in a public school in Argentina. The experience aimed, within the framework of an algebra course, to introduce the design and results of the implementation of a didactic proposal designed to establish relationships between expressions of the form ax2+by+cx+ay+exy+f, with a, b ∈ N and c, d, e, f ∈ Z, as a product of factors through the virtual manipulative Mathigon. The evidence collected leads to the identification that algebraic work using virtual manipulatives allows students to give a different meaning to mathematics, explore various forms of representation, and construct their own knowledge.

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Article Type: Research Article

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2024, Article No: em2514

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/15198

Publication date: 01 Oct 2024

Online publication date: 25 Sep 2024

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