Improving Students' Spatial Ability with GeoGebra Software

Abstract

Technology plays a significant role in all aspects of human life, including the education world. For instance, the use of computer media in the learning process is very useful for improving students' mathematical abilities such as GeoGebra. Therefore, this research aims to describe the results of various studies on the usage of GeoGebra software as a mathematical learning tool to improve students' spatial abilities. This is a descriptive research where intensive and rigorous literatures were reviewed, with data collected from previous studies on GeoGebra software's effect on learning mathematics. Several related electronic databases were explored to investigate for the relevant articles. The relevant articles identified using the snowballing method. The result showed that the use of GeoGebra software is one of the most frequently used technologies in the mathematics classroom as well as in other fields of science because of the great potential of this software in helping students to master important mathematical concepts and offer features specific to mathematical concepts for mathematics learning. The use of GeoGebra helps students understand mathematical material and improve spatial abilities, visualize and animate mathematical objects as well as motivates students to learn mathematics using GeoGebra.

Validity and Practicality of Geogebra Application-Based Mathematics Learning Tools to Train Visual-Spatial Intelligence

“…With a good learning plan, distance learning using GeoGebra can be done effectively and efficiently. Proper utilization of GeoGebra with distance learning strategy compiled in a learning learning tools can help students in train their abilities and intelligence, one of which is visual spatial intelligence (Yerizon et al, 2021).…”

“…GeoGebra has great potential as a solution to train visual-spatial skills in distance learning. This is because it can be used to create geometric images, plot graphs, and analyze mathematical functions (Yerizon et al, 2021). This potential needs to get attention in learning mathematics because visual-spatial ability is a basic ability that must be possessed by someone in learning mathematics.…”