MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application

Given that the use of educational technologies is increasingly popular in kindergarten and among young students, these technologies have been shown to be able to solve the difficulties (existing in school) that are either not possible to be solved in traditional schooling or cost a lot of time and r...

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Main Authors:	Tahereh Pazouki, Véronique Cornu, Philipp Sonnleitner, Christine Schiltz, Antoine Fischbach, Romain Martin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kassel University Press 2018-08-01
Series:	International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
Subjects:	Interactive systems. Individual learning. Training and learning application. Early mathematics. Language-neutral. Second language learners
Online Access:	http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/8271

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spelling	doaj-art-ee5869f86ebc4285a50621bfdd5ac6ff2018-09-02T21:00:47ZengKassel University PressInternational Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)1863-03832018-08-01130841810.3991/ijet.v13i08.82713849MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning ApplicationTahereh Pazouki0Véronique Cornu1Philipp Sonnleitner2Christine Schiltz3Antoine Fischbach4Romain Martin5The Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET), University of LuxembourgThe Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET), University of LuxembourgThe Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET), University of LuxembourgThe Cognitive Science and Assessment (COSA) institute and the Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS) research groupThe Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET), University of LuxembourgUniversity of LuxembourgGiven that the use of educational technologies is increasingly popular in kindergarten and among young students, these technologies have been shown to be able to solve the difficulties (existing in school) that are either not possible to be solved in traditional schooling or cost a lot of time and resources. In this paper, we present a pedagogical training and learning application called MaGrid (Math on Grid), which has been developed to foster early mathematical skills in pre-schoolers. MaGrid is a tablet-based application, which provides a wide range of training tasks targeting fundamental mathematical concepts for the preschool level. The language-neutral property of MaGrid is an innovative aspect that makes MaGrid different from existing mathematical training applications. This property may reduce the barrier of language from mathematical education for second language learners encountered in multilingual school settings. MaGrid allows individual learning in an interactive way and provides real-time feedback. Moreover, MaGrid is capable of recording students’ activities while working on the training tasks, which can help teachers and parents keep track of a student’s progress in different tasks and observe potential training-related improvements over time. Finally, we describe a series of experiments carried out using the MaGrid application during special training and assessment sessions in several preschools in Luxembourg.http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/8271Interactive systems. Individual learning. Training and learning application. Early mathematics. Language-neutral. Second language learners
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spellingShingle	Tahereh Pazouki Véronique Cornu Philipp Sonnleitner Christine Schiltz Antoine Fischbach Romain Martin MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Interactive systems. Individual learning. Training and learning application. Early mathematics. Language-neutral. Second language learners
author_facet	Tahereh Pazouki Véronique Cornu Philipp Sonnleitner Christine Schiltz Antoine Fischbach Romain Martin
author_sort	Tahereh Pazouki
title	MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application
title_short	MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application
title_full	MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application
title_fullStr	MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application
title_full_unstemmed	MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application
title_sort	magrid: a language-neutral early mathematical training and learning application
publisher	Kassel University Press
series	International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
issn	1863-0383
publishDate	2018-08-01
description	Given that the use of educational technologies is increasingly popular in kindergarten and among young students, these technologies have been shown to be able to solve the difficulties (existing in school) that are either not possible to be solved in traditional schooling or cost a lot of time and resources. In this paper, we present a pedagogical training and learning application called MaGrid (Math on Grid), which has been developed to foster early mathematical skills in pre-schoolers. MaGrid is a tablet-based application, which provides a wide range of training tasks targeting fundamental mathematical concepts for the preschool level. The language-neutral property of MaGrid is an innovative aspect that makes MaGrid different from existing mathematical training applications. This property may reduce the barrier of language from mathematical education for second language learners encountered in multilingual school settings. MaGrid allows individual learning in an interactive way and provides real-time feedback. Moreover, MaGrid is capable of recording students’ activities while working on the training tasks, which can help teachers and parents keep track of a student’s progress in different tasks and observe potential training-related improvements over time. Finally, we describe a series of experiments carried out using the MaGrid application during special training and assessment sessions in several preschools in Luxembourg.
topic	Interactive systems. Individual learning. Training and learning application. Early mathematics. Language-neutral. Second language learners
url	http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/8271
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MaGrid: A Language-Neutral Early Mathematical Training and Learning Application

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