Educational Software to Teach Fractions and The Effect on Students' Learning Styles

Abstract

The need for substantial use of ICT in the teaching and learning of mathematics during 2019 pandemic was the trigger for this research. This research was quantitative and investigated whether the use of the educational software designed by the National Institute of Greece, has a positive effect on the learning styles of fifth grade students (11 years old). The random sample was forty students and the Felder-Soloman model used to find the degree of involvement of each learning style in learning mathematics for each student. Two questionnaires were completed to assess learning styles, before and after the use of the software. The results showed improvement of the three learning styles, Logical, Active / Kinesthetic and Visual.