TY - CHAP
T1 - Heatmap and Hierarchical Clustering Analysis to Highlight Changes in Young Children’s Developmental Progressions Using Virtual Manipulative Mathematics Apps
AU - Lommatsch, Christina
AU - Tucker, Stephen
AU - Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S.
AU - Symanzik, Juergen
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine what patterns were revealed using heatmaps with hierarchical clustering to examine preschooler’s performance, speed, and developmental progressions in counting and seriation. The chapter describes a study conducted with 35 preschoolers who used six touchscreen virtual manipulative mathematics apps in two different learning sequences: counting and seriation. The analysis employed heatmaps coupled with hierarchical clustering to highlight changes in children’s performance, speed, and developmental progressions, between a pre- and post- assessment app after using two learning apps. This method allowed for analysis of individual and whole group data examining several tasks within each app and also several apps within each learning sequence. The analysis revealed different clusters of children grouped according to their developmental progressions which were related to incremental changes in performance and speed from the Pre to Post App use.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine what patterns were revealed using heatmaps with hierarchical clustering to examine preschooler’s performance, speed, and developmental progressions in counting and seriation. The chapter describes a study conducted with 35 preschoolers who used six touchscreen virtual manipulative mathematics apps in two different learning sequences: counting and seriation. The analysis employed heatmaps coupled with hierarchical clustering to highlight changes in children’s performance, speed, and developmental progressions, between a pre- and post- assessment app after using two learning apps. This method allowed for analysis of individual and whole group data examining several tasks within each app and also several apps within each learning sequence. The analysis revealed different clusters of children grouped according to their developmental progressions which were related to incremental changes in performance and speed from the Pre to Post App use.
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-90179-4_10
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-90179-4_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-90179-4_10
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319901787
VL - 12
T3 - Mathematics Education in the Digital Era
SP - 167
EP - 187
BT - Using Mobile Technologies in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
A2 - Calder, Nigel
A2 - Larkin, Kevin
A2 - Sinclair, Nathalie
PB - Springer
CY - Switzerland
ER -