TY - JOUR AU - Stankov, Gordana AU - Papp, Zoltán AU - Maravić Čisar, Sanja TI - The Role of representations constructed by students in learning how to solve the transportation problem JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 21 PY - 2024 IS - 2 SP - 129 EP - 148 PG - 20 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2023.13003 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34693171 ID - 34693171 AB - The purpose of the research presented in this paper was to study the role of concrete and table representations created by students in learning how to solve an optimization problem called the transportation problem. This topic was learned in collaborative groups using table representations suggested by teachers in 2021. In 2022, the researchers decided to enrich the students’ learning environment with concrete objects and urged the students to use them to present the problem to be solved. The students did it successfully and, to be able to record it in their notebooks, they constructed a table representation by themselves without any help from their teacher. After that, they managed to solve the problem by manipulating the objects. At the same time, each step in the solution was presented with changes in the table. The students were assessed before (pre-test) and after collaborative learning (test) in both academic years. The pre-test results were similar, but the test results were better in 2022. Therefore, it can be concluded that using concrete and table representations constructed by students in learning how to solve transportation problems makes collaborative learning more constructivist and more effective than when they use only table representations suggested by their teachers.Subject Classification: 97M10, 97M40 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kosztolányi, József AU - Torma, Gábor TI - Experiences in the education of mathematics during the digital curriculum from the perspective of high school students JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 21 PY - 2024 IS - 2 SP - 111 EP - 128 PG - 18 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2023.12944 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34674355 ID - 34674355 AB - Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Hungarian schools had to switch to a digital curriculum for an extended period between 2019 and 2021. In this article, we report on the experiences regarding the education of mathematics during the digital curriculum in the light of the reinstated on-site education, all through the eyes of high school students. Distance education brought pedagogical renewal to the lives of many groups. Students were asked about the positives and negatives of this situation.Subject Classification: 97C90 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Csernoch, Mária AU - Nagy, Tímea AU - Csernoch, Júlia TI - Computer cooking vs. problem solving JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 22 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 35 EP - 58 PG - 24 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2024.13454 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35136532 ID - 35136532 AB - Computer cooking is a task-related phenomenon where students (end-users) must blindly follow a long list of orders without any connection to the content of the problem, if there is any. Despite its low efficacy, this method is widely used and accepted in informatics both in the learning-teaching process and testing. The National Base Curriculum 2020 in Hungary is in complete accordance with the ‘Informatics Reference Framework for Schools’, but the course books hardly use the latest results of computer education research. The present paper provides examples of how the results of computer education research can be integrated into teaching-learning materials and classroom practices and discusses the effectiveness and consequences of the different solutions, where tool-centred approaches are compared to problem-focused solutions.Subject Classification: 94-01 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vámosiné Varga, Adrienn TI - Online tests in comprehensive exams – during and after the pandemic JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 22 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 77 EP - 93 PG - 17 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2024.13559 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35135812 ID - 35135812 AB - The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the development of electronic (e-learning) assessment methods and forced their use worldwide. Many instructors and students had to familiarize themselves with the form of distance education. During and since Covid-19 in Hungary, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Debrecen, the written part of the Comprehensive Exam in Mathematics is organized in a computer lab of the university using an online test. Our goal is that the results of the tests may be as reliable as possible in terms of measuring the students’ knowledge, and thus the grades given based on the test results would be realistic. In this paper, we show the analysis of a sample written exam and compare the real exam results of students who were prepared for the comprehensive exam during Covid-19 and who have participated in face-to-face education since then. The tools provided by the Moodle system necessary for comparison are also presented.Subject Classification: 97D40, 97D70, 97U50 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Papp, Gabriella TI - The use of e-tests in education as a tool for retrieval practice and motivation JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 22 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 59 EP - 76 PG - 18 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2024.13495 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35132686 ID - 35132686 AB - In many studies we can read about what techniques are used in the educational process to deepen knowledge, and what can motivate students to learn. We aimed to give our students (who will be a teacher) a practical demonstration of learning techniques. We carried it within the framework of a course, at the end of which we also examined how much it motivates students if they write an e-test as a retrospective in order to deepen the material of the lesson. In the paper, we will present the results of the research as well as students’ opinions regarding the motivating effect of the tests.Subject Classification: 97-01, 97D40, 97I10 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kiss, Márton TI - Report of Meeting Researches in Didactics of Mathematics and Computer Sciences JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 21 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SP - 83 EP - 107 PG - 25 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2023.R032 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34561774 ID - 34561774 AB - The meeting Researches in Didactics of Mathematics and Computer Sciences was held in Oradea, Romania, at Partium Christian University, from 31 March to 2 April, 2023. It was organized by the Doctoral School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences of the University of Debrecen and Partium Christian University. The 85 participants – including 18 PhD students – came from 9 countries and represented 30 institutions of higher and secondary education. There were 4 plenary and 53 session talks in the program. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Vámosiné Varga, Adrienn TI - About online teaching experience JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 21 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SP - 101 EP - 102 PG - 2 SN - 1589-7389 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34437462 ID - 34437462 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Sipos, Dóra Fruzsina AU - Kocsis, Imre Tibor TI - Supporting the education of engineering mathematics using the immediate feedback method JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 21 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SP - 49 EP - 61 PG - 13 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2023.0548 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34436384 ID - 34436384 AB - In the literature, several methods are suggested to deal with problems regarding the efficiency of mathematics education including techniques that help integrate new knowledge into long-term memory. We examined how effective the application of the immediate feedback method is in teaching engineering mathematics. The article presents the method used and the results obtained during the study.Subject Classification: 97D40, 97D60 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Papp, Gabriella TI - E-tests as motivational opportunities in mathematics classes JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 21 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SP - 96 EP - 97 PG - 2 SN - 1589-7389 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34393429 ID - 34393429 AB - We can read in many studies what techniques are used in the educational process to deepen knowledge and what can motivate students to learn. In the spring semester of the 2021/2022 school year, we carried out action research within the framework of a course, where we examined how much it motivates students if they write an e-test as a retrospective in order to deepen the material of the lesson. The selected course was 20 hours. During the research, the students wrote one input, 6 motivational, and one output e-tests. At the conference, we will present the results of the action research and the experiences we have gained, as well as the students’ opinions regarding the motivating effect of the tests. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Jánvári, Zsuzsanna TI - An examination of descriptive statistical knowledge of 12th-grade secondary school students - comparing and analysing their answers to closed and open questions JF - TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE J2 - TEACH MATH COMP SCI VL - 21 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SP - 63 EP - 81 PG - 19 SN - 1589-7389 DO - 10.5485/TMCS.2023.0549 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34127475 ID - 34127475 AB - In this article, we examine the conceptual knowledge of 12th-grade students in the field of descriptive statistics (hereafter statistics), how their knowledge is aligned with the output requirements, and how they can apply their conceptual knowledge in terms of means, graphs, and dispersion indicators. What is the proportion and the result of their answers to (semi-)open questions for which they have the necessary conceptual knowledge, but which they encounter less frequently (or not at all) in the classroom and during questioning? In spring 2020, before the outbreak of the pandemic in Hungary, a traditional-classroom, “paper-based” survey was conducted with 159 graduating students and their teachers from 3 secondary schools. According to the results of the survey, the majority of students have no difficulties in solving the type of tasks included in the final exam. Solving more complex, open-ended tasks with longer texts is more challenging, despite having all the tools to solve them, based on their conceptual knowledge and comprehension skills. A valuable supplement to the analysis and interpretation of the results is the student attitudes test, also included in the questionnaire.Subject Classification: 97K40, 97-11, 97D60 LA - English DB - MTMT ER -