Digitalisation is playing an increasingly important role both in primary school teaching and in university teaching. We are very active in teaching and research in this area of maths didactics with a focus on primary schools. Here you can find our current projects on digitalisation in connection with mathematical learning.
Virtual Maths Classroom
The Virtual Maths Classroom (VKZM) is a virtual 3D room. It is equipped with teaching-learning scenarios that are prototypical for primary school maths lessons. Students can enter the VKZM as avatars. They take on the role of the teacher in the virtual teaching situations provided and can interact with AI-controlled pupil avatars. Students in the introductory phase in particular can test their maths didactic teaching skills in quasi-real teaching situations, practise working with children and gain confidence in providing support.
The various teaching and learning settings in the 3D room are designed and developed in collaboration with students from the 4th semester onwards and lecturers in mathematics didactics. In this way, the VKZM offers students in advanced semesters an authentic opportunity to deepen their didactic skills and media competences. The VKZM is an innovative project by students for students. It enables individualised and interactive learning in didactics and media skills.
Contact: Prof. Dr Marei Fetzer & Prof. Dr Elke Söbbeke
Read moreApp Database Maths
The App Database Maths is a highly topical project in the context of digitalisation, which is close to the needs of practice and is intended to ensure great regional and supra-regional visibility in the field of teacher training in the first to third phase and is to be scientifically accompanied by a usability study to be initiated.
The aim is to develop a database of apps for maths learning and teaching at primary level. The database will provide teachers with orientation in the multitude of digital offerings and enable a targeted search for apps on specific (teaching) content. In particular, a technical and didactic assessment of the potential with regard to mathematical learning is to be provided in the database. The aim is to enable teachers to specifically integrate working with maths apps into their everyday maths lessons and to further develop lessons in an increasingly digitalised world.
Contact: Prof. Dr Marei Fetzer
Read moreInteractive Learning Elements in Mathematics
The Interactive Learning Elements in Mathematics (H5P elements) enable students to engage in digital-based, interactive learning. This enables them to develop their subject-specific and mathematics didactics skills individually. The H5P elements are developed in collaboration with students and lecturers in mathematics didactics specialising in primary school.
Contact: Prof. Dr Marei Fetzer
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