Matteklipp på nätet

Sammanfattning

ABSTRACT

This master thesis defines a new concept ? Math Videos on the Net. The term refers to short,

educational videos of mathematics that are freely available on the internet. The videos are

designed to offer a complement to other course material for a specific element of a specific math

course and are directed to the target group of students studying the latter. Within this work, Math

Videos on the Net have been created for the Swedish upper secondary school courses Matematik

1b and 1c.

The study aims to describe, analyze and interpret whether, and if so, how Math Videos on the

Net can help support the work of teachers and students? development of knowledge in the first

mathematics course of the Swedish upper secondary school. Teachers are asked to test selected

Math Videos on the Net together with their students in the course Matematik 1b. Collected

results from the test are analyzed and interpreted based on previous research of Information and

Communication Technology, ICT, in education as well as educational theories.

The study shows that many students believe that their mathematical knowledge increases as a

result of math videos being included in the tuition. When the videos are used both in and outside

the classroom, many students in particular believes that they get more out of teaching. The

weakest performing students from environments with low socioeconomic status do however not

appear to benefit from these positive effects. In addition, the study indicates that the teacher’s

use of the videos play a big role when it comes to

how Math Videos on the Net can support

students? development of knowledge.

Keywords: Mathematics teaching and learning, ICT in education, Open Educational Resources

(OER), Math Videos on the Net