Full citation
Gerofsky, S., Savage, M., and MacLean, K. E. (2009). "'Being the Graph': Using Haptic and Kinesthetic Interfaces to Engage Students Learning About Functions." in The Ninth International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT 9), Metz, France, 5 pages, July 6-9 2009.
Abstract
This paper reports on a multidisciplinary collaborative project at UBC developing
haptic/kinesthetic HCI for mathematics learning. It allows students to design
landscapes using functions, and then to ‘ride over’ these landscapes via a forcefeedback
haptic device and, in future, with a programmed exercise bicycle. The
project’s rationale comes from the following hypothesis arising from Gerofsky’s
(2008) empirical research on gesture in the pedagogy of functions: That the ‘top’
(most capable and imaginative) mathematics students engage with graphs of
mathematical functions in tactile/kinesthetic modes, rather than an exclusively visual
mode.
haptic/kinesthetic HCI for mathematics learning. It allows students to design
landscapes using functions, and then to ‘ride over’ these landscapes via a forcefeedback
haptic device and, in future, with a programmed exercise bicycle. The
project’s rationale comes from the following hypothesis arising from Gerofsky’s
(2008) empirical research on gesture in the pedagogy of functions: That the ‘top’
(most capable and imaginative) mathematics students engage with graphs of
mathematical functions in tactile/kinesthetic modes, rather than an exclusively visual
mode.
Paper
Year Published
2009