Pre-Service Teachers’ Perception of the Use of Geogebra in Teaching and Learning Geometry in the Colleges of Education, Ghana: A Systematic Literature Review
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Date
2023
Authors
Puotier, Zutaah
Ondigi, Samson Rosana
Miheso-O'connor, Marguerite Khakasa
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JOHME
Abstract
The introduction of technology has given opportunities and made it easy for educators to utilize
it in various ways, including in the field of education, as an instrument to support the teaching
and learning of mathematics. GeoGebra is one of the mathematical software that can be
effectively used in delivering mathematics lessons. GeoGebra is computer software that supports
the teaching and learning of mathematics subjects, especially algebra, calculus, geometry,
probability, and statistics. The objectives of this systematic analysis were to investigate preservice teachers' perceptions and benefits of using GeoGebra to teach geometry. This study used
a quantitative research design to review published articles from 2011 to 2021 related to the
research objectives. This investigation purposefully sampled 17 published articles out of the over
200 articles found. The study used Google scholar, Google, and Sci Direct as the search engines to
gather data using the keywords. The selected articles were validated using content analysis. This
investigation selected the 17 articles for data analysis based on the research design, location, area
of research, research focus and the type of technology applied. The findings of this study disclosed
that pre-service teachers had the following perceptions regarding learning geometry with
GeoGebra: GeoGebra enhances the teaching and learning of geometry, it helps learners to have
positive perceptions concerning GeoGebra integration, GeoGebra improves learners' interest,
motivation, and willingness to learn geometry. Also, it motivates learners to interact among
themselves. Nevertheless, some benefits were identified as follows: GeoGebra increases
students’ academic performance, develops learners' confidence in learning geometry, makes the
learning of mathematics enjoyable, and helps learners to conceptualize abstract concepts in
mathematics. Based on the findings of this study, it is concluded that GeoGebra is effective for
teaching and learning geometry. This study recommends that mathematics educators should
embrace GeoGebra software in the teaching and learning of geometry at the college level of
education. Additionally, the Ministry of Education should enforce the integration of GeoGebra in
the delivery of mathematics lessons.
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mathematics, geometry, GeoGebra, perception, pre-service mathematics teachers
Citation
Zutaah, P., Ondigi, S. R., & Miheso-O'Connor, M. K. (2023). PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS'PERCEPTION OF THE USE OF GEOGEBRA IN TEACHING AND LEARNING GEOMETRY IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, GHANA. JOHME: Journal of Holistic Mathematics Education, 7(1), 1-21.