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Authors:
Miguel Candeias
Maria Gentil Reis
Emanuel Peres
Joaquim Escola
Manuel J. C. S. Reis
Keywords: Web-based homework system; improving mother tongue teaching/learning; primary education
Abstract:
Technology has profoundly changed the way we learn and live. Internet provides a new paradigm, setting forth that education and communication approach is truly more complex than ever before. Here, we present a web-based system to support students' homework. In order to prove its usefulness, we present the results achieved with the application of a set of exercises to help improving Portuguese (mother tongue) language skills of 4th-grade primary pupils. This set of digital exercises proved to be the child’s favorite, rather than their counterpart exercises in paper form, also showing a fair more positive attitude from the students' point of view. A simple survey also showed that students do prefer the use of the system here presented, when compared to other more traditional ways of practicing. We also believe that the prompt feedback about the exercises correctness, together with the training provided by the different exercises sets about the same subject, besides the exploitation of video, color, sound, etc., positively reinforce the diverse child's senses, definitely contributing to capture and motivate the child.
Pages: 11 to 18
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015
Publication date: August 23, 2015
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4340
ISBN: 978-1-61208-428-2
Location: Venice, Italy
Dates: from August 23, 2015 to August 28, 2015