Dr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homework

Butgereit, LL2009-01-262009-01-262008-05Butgereit, LL. 2008. Dr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homework. IST-Africa Conference, Windhoek, Namibia, 7-9 May 2008, pp 8978-1-905824-07-6http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2904Published in: IST-Africa 2008 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-905824-07-6Mathematics education in South Africa needs help. This paper describes a project where school aged pupils could get help with their mathematics homework using MXit, South Africa's most popular instant messaging system, on their cell phones in the afternoons after school. Tutors from a local university acted as tutors using internet based workstations. Pupils used MXit on their cell phones using GPRS to connect to the internet and, eventually, to the tutors.enMathematicsMXitInstant messagingIST-Africa ConferenceDr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homeworkConference PresentationButgereit, L. (2008). Dr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homework. IST-Africa Conference. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2904Butgereit, LL. "Dr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homework." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2904Butgereit L, Dr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homework; IST-Africa Conference; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2904 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Butgereit, LL AB - Mathematics education in South Africa needs help. This paper describes a project where school aged pupils could get help with their mathematics homework using MXit, South Africa's most popular instant messaging system, on their cell phones in the afternoons after school. Tutors from a local university acted as tutors using internet based workstations. Pupils used MXit on their cell phones using GPRS to connect to the internet and, eventually, to the tutors. DA - 2008-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mathematics KW - MXit KW - Instant messaging KW - IST-Africa Conference LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 SM - 978-1-905824-07-6 T1 - Dr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homework TI - Dr Math Rocks!: Using instant messaging to help pupils with mathematics homework UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2904 ER -