Data Driven Learning activities within a Digital Learning Environment to study the specialized language of Mathematics

Abstract

In teaching it has become increasingly important to use didactic approaches that see students active and protagonists of their own learning. These approaches can often be supported by technologies, which also enable students to acquire digital skills and provide them with immediate and interactive feedback. In this paper we present recent research activities characterized by Data Driven Learning methodologies within a Digital Learning Environment integrated with an automatic formative assessment system to propose activities on the specialized language of Mathematics. In fact, Mathematics has always been one of the school disciplines in which students of all grades encounter the greatest difficulties. Numerous studies in Mathematics education have shown that the causes of disciplinary learning difficulties are the acquisition, understanding and management of one's language for specific purposes. The research activity involved 4 classes of two Italian secondary schools for a total of 80 students of grade 11 and their teachers. In this paper we study the impact that this type of activity has had on students, analyzing the students' responses to the final satisfaction questionnaire.