"We are much closer here": exploring the use of WhatsApp as a learning environment in a secondary school mathematics class.

IF 2.7 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-06-07 DOI:10.1007/s10984-021-09371-0

Ahmet Durgungoz, F Canan Durgungoz

引用次数: 17

Abstract

In this study, we examined a mathematics teacher's communicative acts on an instant messaging tool, WhatsApp, and its role in creating a sustained learning environment between secondary-school students and a teacher in Turkey. The interactions of a mathematics teacher and his students (n = 38) over two years were explored. The WhatsApp group increased interaction in out-of-school hours. Analysis of the teacher's communicative acts was the leading force that encouraged the group to continue to interact. The teacher portrayed an informal and sincere presentation of himself on social media. A constructive communication style between teacher and students was fostered by connecting through WhatsApp in out-of-school hours, when the teacher's informal communicative acts have facilitated their learning.

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“我们离目标更近了”:探索在中学数学课上使用WhatsApp作为学习环境。

在本研究中，我们研究了土耳其一位数学教师在即时通讯工具WhatsApp上的交流行为，以及它在中学生和教师之间创造持续学习环境中的作用。本文探讨了一位数学教师与38名学生在两年内的互动。WhatsApp小组增加了课余时间的互动。对教师交际行为的分析是鼓励小组继续互动的主导力量。这位老师在社交媒体上展示了自己的非正式和真诚。在老师的非正式交流行为促进了学生的学习时，通过WhatsApp在课外时间建立师生之间的建设性沟通方式。

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来源期刊

LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH Social Sciences-Communication

CiteScore

6.70

自引率

17.20%

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期刊介绍： Learning Environments Research publishes original academic papers dealing with the study of learning environments, including theoretical reflections, reports of quantitative and qualitative research, critical and integrative literature reviews and meta-analyses, discussion of methodological issues, reports of the development and validation of assessment instruments, and reviews of books and evaluation instruments. The scope of the journal deliberately is very broad in terms of both substance and methods. `Learning environment'' refers to the social, physical, psychological and pedagogical contexts in which learning occurs and which affect student achievement and attitudes. The aim of the journal is to increase our understanding of pre-primary, primary, high school, college and university, and lifelong learning environments irrespective of subject area. Apart from classroom-level and school-level environments, special attention is given to the many out-of-school learning environments such as the home, science centres, and television, etc. The influence of the rapidly developing field of Information Technology with its whole new range of learning environments is an important aspect of the scope of the journal. A wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for studying learning enviromnents, and the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, are strongly encouraged. The journal has an affiliation with the American Educational Research Association''s Special Interest Group on the Study of Learning Environments. However, having Regional Editors and an Editorial Board from around the world ensures that LER is a truly international journal.