Factors that influence teachers’ use of GeoGebra for instruction

Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie/South African Journal of Science and Technology

 
 
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Title Factors that influence teachers’ use of GeoGebra for instruction Faktore wat onderwysers se gebruik van GeoGebra vir Wiskundeonderrig beïnvloed
 
Creator Stols, Gerrit H. Venter, Stephan J. Louw, Elizabeth M.
 
Subject Mathematics Education mathematics, teachers, technology, ICT, software — —
Description This study investigated factors that influence teachers’ use of mathematics software (in this case GeoGebra) for teaching and learning. Participants in the study were purposefully selected from a group of teachers that have received software training, have access to computers, and are familiar with the software. Seventy-five respondents completed the structured questionnaires. Multiple regressions were used to investigate the relationship between the four constructs of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. These constructs are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions on teachers’ intention to use the mathematics software. This study found that the combination of the four above mentioned constructs explained 30% of the variance in respondents’ intention to use the software. Facilitating conditions were not found to directly influence whether or not people actually used the software because all of them have access to computers. Teachers’intention to use GeoGebra was found to predict the actual use of GeoGebra for teaching and learning.Keywords: mathematics; teachers; technology; ICT; software Hierdie studie het ondersoek gedoen na faktore wat onderwysers se gebruik van wiskundesagteware (in hierdie geval GeoGebra) vir onderrig en leer beïnvloed. Deelnemers aan die studie is by wyse van doelsteekproeftrekking geselekteer uit ʼn groep onderwysers wat sagtewareopleiding ontvang het, toegang tot rekenaars het en met die sagteware vertroud is. Vyf-en-sewentig respondente het die gestruktureerde vraelyste voltooi. Veelvoudige regressie is gebruik om die verhouding tussen die vier konstrukte van die Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology te ondersoek. Hierdie konstrukte is prestasieverwagting, verwagte inspanning, sosiale invloed, en fasiliterende omstandighede met betrekking tot onderwysers se voorneme om die wiskundesagteware te gebruik. Die studie het bevind dat die kombinasie van die vier bogenoemde konstrukte 30% van die variansie in respondente se voorneme om die sagteware te gebruik verduidelik het. Daar is gevind dat fasiliterende omstandighede nie regstreeks ʼn invloed op mense se gebruik al dan nie van die sagteware het nie, aangesien almal van hulle toegang tot rekenaars het. Onderwysers se voorneme om sagteware te gebruik het geblyk die werklike gebruik van sagteware vir onderrig en leer te voorspel.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor National Research Foundation (NRF) —
Date 2016-06-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — — — Quantitative
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/satnt.v35i1.1366
 
Source Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 35, No 1 (2016); 8 bladsye Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 35, No 1 (2016); 8 bladsye 2222-4173 0254-3486
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage na na mathematics teachers — — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Gerrit H. Stols, Stephan J. Venter, Elizabeth M. Louw https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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