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Volume 48 | Number 1 | Year 2017 | Article Id. IJMTT-V48P501 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V48P501
Increasing the motivation of the students to
learn mathematics
Zoran Trifunov
Citation :
Zoran Trifunov, "Increasing the motivation of the students to
learn mathematics," International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT), vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 1-5, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V48P501
Abstract
The students use computers, smartphones
and other electronic devices everyday for their own
needs. The success in Mathematics is getting lower
and lower, both on local level in Macedonia and on
global level also [6]. A lot of the students are having
difficulties with learning Mathematics, and with that
also the motivation for learning Mathematics
decreases. The difficulties are shown in both,
mastering the material in school and solving the
exercises at home. Also, when the students solve reallife problems, they are not connecting what was
learned on Mathematics classes with those problems.
They almost don't use the Mathematics and the
electronic devices at all for solving the real-life
problems. If we succeed in encouraging the students in
using these electronical devices and softwares for:
examining, investigating, visualizing and solving reallife problems, we will get students that are motivated
for learning mathematics, and with that also we will
get increased level of knowledge of mathematics.
In this project, for increasing the motivation for
learning mathematics and increasing the level of
knowledge, we made a web application
http://mathlabyrinth.azurewebsites.net
The problems that are put on the web application
are connected with real-life problems the students
have, who need knowledge from secondary education
mathematics to solve them.
Keywords
mathematics, motivation, web application, exercise, IT.
References
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[2] J.M. V. Sarac, T. Atanasova-Pacemska, Z. Trifunov, ELECTRONIC TESTS IN HIGH EDUCATIONOPPORTUNITIES AND CHALANGES, International Conference on Information Technology and Development of Education. University of Novi Sad, Technical Faculty „Mihajlo Pupin”, Zrenjanin, Republic of Serbia, pp. 68-72. ISBN 978-86-7672-225-9
[3]Анкета:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ry-OYVmB-x8caWRaRMo-8g5fkZ3J_CBxuMTDDGVRxko/edit
[4] http://mathlabyrinth.azurewebsites.net/
[5] „How to solve it“, Pólya
[6]http://www.oecdilibrary.org/docserver/download/9816061e.pdf?expires=1500114561&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=3A71182A997F99384D8B918FBD3C1C9E
[7] Trifunov Z., Karamazova E., … (2015) „Introduction of discrete and continuous random variable“. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-659-79405-6.