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Multiple Synchronized Representations in Digital Time Learning: An app designed to intuitively capture and better understand time
Huhmann, T. & Urff, C. (2026). Multiple Synchronized Representations in Digital Time Learning: An app designed to intuitively capture and better understand time, Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2026(1), 2519-2528.URL: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/2129319/
Abstract
This study examines how the “Time and Clock” app with synchronized multiple representations supports children’s conceptual understanding of time and develops pre-service teachers’ mathematics-didactic insights through defamiliarization. The app integrates decomposed, dynamically linked displays (analog clock, separate hour and minute clocks with proportional color bars, digital display) to make implicit time relationships explicitly explorable. For teacher education, an unfamiliar decimal-time version (base-10 instead of 12/60) creates authentic cognitive challenges, enabling future teachers to experience difficulties similar to those of learners and to recognize the value of integrated representations. In a three-step design, pre-service teachers explored two versions of a decimal clock individually, explained their observations to peers, and reflected on implications for time instruction. Analysis of written documents, video transcripts, and reflections shows that (i) defamiliarization fostered empathy for students’ struggles in learning time concepts, (ii) participants developed a deeper understanding of how networking representations supports learning, and (iii) didactic and pedagogical insights for instruction emerged.
Sprache: Englisch
Art der Begutachtung: Peer Review(Double-blind peer review)
Print: Ja
Online: Ja, ohne Open Access
Datenmedium: Nein
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