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RESEARCH PAPER
Learning mathematics via WhatsApp social network in Bagroup national project: Students’ perceptions
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Shannan Academic College of Education, Haifa, ISRAEL
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Center for Educational Technology, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
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Oranim Academic College of Education, Tivon, ISRAEL
Online publication date: 2024-07-25
Publication date: 2024-07-30
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2024;20(8):em2484
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
This paper describes students’ perspectives about the possible learning opportunities they
experienced when participating in a WhatsApp group project created to help prepare for the final
secondary school Bagrut (matriculation) exam in mathematics. “Bagroup” project was initiated by
the Ministry of Education and the Center for Educational Technology and launched as a national
project three months before Bagrut examination. It was meant to serve as an additional
environment for learning mathematics and provide an online tool during which teachers
presented specific problems via blended learning, and students had the opportunity to ask
questions, present problems with which they were having difficulty, and receive feedback from
teachers and peers. To obtain a complete picture of the students’ points of view, we used a mixed-method research model. Quantitative data were obtained via a questionnaire with Likert
statements and open questions, and qualitative data were obtained by observing four Bagroup
study groups over the three-month period. Factor analysis revealed three categories of factors:
those contributing to learner’s emotional needs, those that promote learning, and those that
inhibit learning. The findings may have implications for improving distance and remote learning.
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