Behavior patterns of 15-year-old students in a Digital Storytelling in Mathematics. A social network analysis

TL;DR

This study explores 15-year-old students' interaction patterns in a digital storytelling activity in mathematics, using social network analysis to understand their collaborative and critical thinking behaviors.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of social network analysis to examine student interactions in digital storytelling within mathematics education.

Findings

Participants showed diverse interaction patterns.

Social network analysis revealed key influencers.

Preliminary results suggest enhanced engagement.

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary considerations of the application of a software to an experimental work conducted on Digital Storytelling in Mathematics, as part of the project Prin 2015 "Digital Interactive Storytelling in Mathematics: a competence-based social approach". An activity designed for promoting critical mathematical thinking among the students that foresees them to participate as active protagonists and as observers of the protagonists during the problem-solving activity, will be illustrated and then the outcomes will be examined from a numerical analysis point of view. In particular, the interactions between the participants will be investigated by using a Matlab software for solving the seriation problem.