USE OF GEOGEBRA IN THE STUDY OF ROTATIONS

Abstract

With the development of information technologies and educational software, there was a need for research and examination of how and in what way to use them in teaching, without losing the quality of existing traditional methods. One of the goals in this process of finding the most suitable model for the use of educational software in teaching is to motivate students to use them independently. For that reason, this paper explores the possibilities and ways of introducing GeoGebra mathematical software at geometry teaching and its impact on understanding of processed material by students. The effects of this software on motivation, interest and confidence of the course participants were observed. For the purposes of this research, we studied the Rotations in geometry. The particular parts of the construction tasks have been considered, so the students could make the most out of Geogebra possibilities. The dynamic component of this software helps them to discover more relations between observed objects which is an important difference from the classic solution of such tasks.