TY - GEN
T1 - Using systems thinking and social network theory to improve children's mathematical problem solving skills
AU - Pinzon-Salcedo, Luis
AU - Barros, Ricardo
AU - Zarama, Roberto
AU - De Meza, Margarita
AU - Carulla, Cristina
AU - Bejarano, Astrid
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The education of young people with mastery of appropriate mathematical skills is crucial to the future prosperity of every country. The gap between rich and poor countries will get wider if young people in underdeveloped countries continue to get a poor mathematical education. This paper presents the initial stages of a systemic effort to improve the mathematical education of young people in a developing nation. Kids, teachers, parents and researchers from quite different socio-economic backgrounds form part of a collaborative learning effort that integrates them using information technology in order to work together to improve their mathematical problem solving skills. Systems methodologies, social network theory, mathematical tests, and qualitative analysis are used to explore how to improve the students' beliefs and attitudes towards mathematical problem solving, their collaborative work, and their mathematical skills. In this project we are making a difference in the lives of young people by taking advantage of their different socio-economic backgrounds, the different contexts in which they live, and their different languages.
AB - The education of young people with mastery of appropriate mathematical skills is crucial to the future prosperity of every country. The gap between rich and poor countries will get wider if young people in underdeveloped countries continue to get a poor mathematical education. This paper presents the initial stages of a systemic effort to improve the mathematical education of young people in a developing nation. Kids, teachers, parents and researchers from quite different socio-economic backgrounds form part of a collaborative learning effort that integrates them using information technology in order to work together to improve their mathematical problem solving skills. Systems methodologies, social network theory, mathematical tests, and qualitative analysis are used to explore how to improve the students' beliefs and attitudes towards mathematical problem solving, their collaborative work, and their mathematical skills. In this project we are making a difference in the lives of young people by taking advantage of their different socio-economic backgrounds, the different contexts in which they live, and their different languages.
KW - Collaborative networks
KW - Cooperation
KW - Learning
KW - Mathematics
KW - Problem solving
KW - Social network theory
KW - Systems thinking
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84865751650
SN - 9781605606194
T3 - 52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems ScInternational Society for the Systems Sciences - 52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008
SP - 177
EP - 196
BT - International Society for the Systems Sciences - 52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008
PB - International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
T2 - 52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008, ISSS 2008
Y2 - 13 July 2008 through 18 July 2008
ER -