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Mulle: Math edUcation and pLayful LEarning

27 of November, 2009 By: Oskar Pettersson

As a part of our ongoing efforts in facilitating teaching and learning in mathematics, another activity has been conducted under the name of Mulle. This new initiative is carried out in collaboration with research colleagues from K2 Stockholm University who also where the hosts of this joint effort. The students participating in this project came from “Rösjöskolan”, a local middle-school in Stockholm.

The activity shared some common features and the technological platform used in previous efforts in the Geometry Mobile (GeM) project. However, there are some modifications that allow students to perform new measurements and calculations in the field. The students were encouraged to utilize both real world tools and digital mobile tools like GPS and a set of applications developed by CeLeKT to solve the different problems presented to them. The flow of the activity was also constructed to further involve all the participating students in the activity by further delegating responsibilities and sharing tasks between the members of the groups working in the field. The image below illustrates some of the activities carried out by children.