The Influence of the Characteristics of Mathematical Outdoor Activities in Mobile Environments on Students' Emotions

Abstract

Abstract-This research attempted to find out how the characteristics of outdoor activities carried out with the mobile phone influence students' emotions. The research findings point at the following components related to the activity as influencing students' emotions: The activity novelty, the activity theme (related to everyday life, related to a new subject related to the students themselves or to an issue or a subject that the students like to do, etc.), the activity conditions (its physical part is easy/uneasy to perform, resources are available, etc.), the outer environment conditions (hot, warm, cold, etc.), the roles which the activity enables (these roles may or may not satisfy a student), the learning method enabled in the activity (exploring mathematical ideas independently, exploring mathematics collaboratively, etc.), the challenge or competition associated with the activity (it needs persistence, attention, etc.). These components show that taking care of students' leaning emotions in outdoor mathematical activities can be achieved through paying attention to different aspects of the activity which are outlined above.

Students' Positioning and Emotions in Learning Geometric Definition

“…Nevertheless, if the same problem was related to real life and specifically to students' life, there is greater chance that the learner, in our case follower of directions, would be willing to engage with the problem, as students are enthusiastic and curious to work with such problems (Daher, 2012). So, the present research joins the call of researchers (e.g., Treacy & O'Donoghue, 2012) for integrating real life and authentic activities into students' learning of mathematics.…”