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A Phenomenological Study About the Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Use of Teaching Resources in Mathematics

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Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online (HELMeTO 2022)

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Abstract

In this contribution, we discuss phenomenological research related to a pilot study carried out by the Consortium of the MaTeK Horizon 2020 project during the 2020–21 academic year. The research aims to analyse the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the use of teaching resources in mathematics in five countries. A questionnaire made of seven questions was administered to a data sample made of teachers of all grades. The answers coming from the questionnaire were quantitatively and qualitatively analysed. Closed-ended questions were analysed by using a clustering methodology called k-means. Open-ended questions were qualitatively analysed. The results show that almost all the teachers are aware of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education. However, their perception of how the pandemic situation changed the use of educational resources mostly appears linked to cultural factors, age, teaching experiences and school grades of the teachers.

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Acknowledgment

This study was supported by the H2020 project no. 951822, MaTeK. https://www.projectmatek.eu/. We would like to express our special thanks to our colleagues in the project: Işıl İşler Baykal, Erdinç Çakıroğlu, and Jakub Michal, as well to the participants who have contributed to this study.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, 90100, Palermo, Italy

    Benedetto Di Paola

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica – Emilio Segré, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, 90100, Palermo, Italy

    Onofrio Rosario Battaglia & Claudio Fazio

  3. Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Iveta Kohanová

  4. Department of Didactics in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Mária Slavíčková

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  1. National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Educational Technology, Palermo, Italy

    Giovanni Fulantelli

  2. Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain

    Daniel Burgos

  3. University of Bari, Bari, Italy

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  4. Unitelma Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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    Davide Taibi

Appendix

Appendix

Q1 – To what extent did the covid-19 situation change how you used to use resources and how you use them now?

  1. a-

    1 – Not at all

  2. b-

    2

  3. c-

    3

  4. d-

    4

  5. e-

    5

  6. f-

    6 – To a great deal

  7. g-

    No answer

Q2 – What is your gender?

  1. a-

    Female

  2. b-

    Male

  3. c-

    Prefer not to say

Q3 – Please indicate the grade level(s) you are teaching mathematics this year (2021–22) – You may select more than one option:

  1. a-

    1st Grade

  2. b-

    2nd Grade

  3. c-

    3rd Grade

  4. d-

    4th Grade

  5. e-

    5th Grade

  6. f-

    6th Grade

  7. g-

    7th Grade

  8. h-

    8th Grade

  9. i-

    9th Grade

  10. j-

    10th Grade

  11. k-

    11th Grade

  12. l-

    12th Grade

  13. m-

    13th Grade

Q4 – What is the highest degree of education you have completed?

  1. a-

    High School

  2. b-

    Bachelors

  3. c-

    Masters

  4. d-

    Ph.D.

  5. e-

    No answer

Q5 – What subjects other than mathematics do you teach?

  1. a-

    Science related subjects (chemistry, biology, physics)

  2. b-

    Social Studies related subjects (examples)

  3. c-

    Arts or humanities (examples)

  4. d-

    No answer

Q6 – What is your age?

  1. a-

    Under 25

  2. b-

    25–29

  3. c-

    30–39

  4. d-

    40–49

  5. e-

    50–59

  6. f-

    60+

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Di Paola, B., Battaglia, O.R., Kohanová, I., Slavíčková, M., Fazio, C. (2023). A Phenomenological Study About the Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Use of Teaching Resources in Mathematics. In: Fulantelli, G., Burgos, D., Casalino, G., Cimitile, M., Lo Bosco, G., Taibi, D. (eds) Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online. HELMeTO 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1779. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29800-4_23

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