AN EVOLUTION IN PEDAGOGY: THE LEARNING OF AREA AND PERIMETER IN A TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED CLASSROOM

Nirendran Naidoo, School of Education and Dr R. Naidoo, Department of Mathematics, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Advances in Information and Communication Technology provide infinite stimuli for enhancing mathematics education. This study utilised a technology enhanced learning environment together with human consciousness to enable learners to explore the dynamic relationship between area and perimeter. A control group consisting of forty grade 5 learners used conventional teaching /learning methods while an experimental group comprising the same number of learners in the same grade utilised the technology enhanced learning environment. Both groups answered questionnaires and completed similar practical activities. While initial activities yielded similar results, learners exposed to technology enhanced learning exhibited deeper levels of thinking in the complex activities.