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The Implementation of Online Tutorialin Abstract Algebra Course and Pre-Service

Teachers’ Perceptions toward Their Academic Achievement

I Gusti Ayu Synta Canydia Lestari synta.lestari@sampoernaeducation.net

Mathematics EducationSampoerna School of Education

INDONESIA

Background

Sampoerna School of

Education

Blended Learning

Moodle

http://sse-elearning.net

Mathematics Education

Abstract Algebra Course Online Tutorial

Framework

• Blended learning: combination of face-to-face class and e-learning

• Online Tutorial: Share, Discuss, Interactdiscussion is for contributing ideas, knowledge, and resources to the class (Garrison & Vaughan, 2008)share and connect the new idea and previous experience, provide opportunity for interaction and collaboration, also give support and feedback (Jung & Latchem, 2010)

Objectives

1. What is Pre-service teachers general impression on the

implementation of Online Tutorial?

2. What do Pre-service teachers think about the level of

thinking required by the problems given in the Online

Tutorial?

3. How do Pre-service teachers perceive on Online Tutorial

as a help to understand the concept and a support in

solving difficulties in learning?

Objectives

4. How do Pre-service teachers perceive about the

interaction and collaboration in learning through

Online Tutorial?

5. What do Pre-service teachers think about the

feedback given in Online Tutorial?

6. What are the difficulties faced by Pre-service

teachers in doing Online Tutorial?

Methods

• Participants

20 pre-service teachers intake 2009 majoring

Mathematics Education who enrolled in Abstract

Algebra Course, taken purposively.

• Data Collection

Data are obtained from (1) open-ended questionnaire

(2) interview and (3) focus group discussion.

Results and Discussion

Responses are categorized in to six main topics:

1. General impression on Online Tutorial

2. Opinion about type of problems discussed in Online

Tutorial

3. Helpfulness of Online Tutorial for the learning

4. Opinion on the Feedback

5. Difficulties when doing Online Tutorial

6. Suggestion for Online Tutorial

1. General Impression on Online Tutorial

Positive (+) Negative (-)

- A new thing, very interesting to try

- Interactive, communicate between users

- Time flexibility

- Challenging problems

- Able to learn from each other

- Exercise more outside the class

- Right away feedback

- Tolerate mistakes

- Get 2 points

- Typing needs too much time

- Only the fastest person who answers first will get the points.

- The race in time makes some students feel under pressure.

- No much opportunity for slower paced learners.

- Not all students participate

- Only students-lecturer interaction, rarely student-student interaction seen.

2. Type of problems discussed in Online Tutorial

Problems given are challenging and need Higher Order Thinking

(HOT) to solve, because:

• It is difficult to solve just by relying on previous exercise or

searching the answer on the internet

• The questions are different to what have been discussed in class

• Open-ended, leaving space to explore

• Need deep analysis and proofing

• Some questions are tricky

3. Online Tutorial as a helpful source of learning

Get their work checked, revise it again

Enrich knowledge

Learn from feedback

Learn from other students’ works

Exercise more outside the class

Preparing exam.

4. Difficulties faced doing Online Tutorial

o The problems are sometimes too hard for some students.

o Misunderstanding the problems (often caused by the

language issues in understanding the problems given).

o Internet connection at home is problematic

o Writing the symbol and equation is confusing at first and

takes a lot of time.

o Some students say that the time given for answering the

problems is too short.

5. Students’ response to the Feedback given in Online Tutorial

• Mostly, students react positively toward the

feedback.

(appreciated, helping in revising their answer)

• Some students feel confused by the feedback.

(“why my answer is not correct?”)

• Some students prefer the feedback to be simple,

they can explore by themselves to get the right

answer.

6. Suggestion for improvement of Online Tutorial

Make a clearer leveling of problems form easy-

intermediate-difficult with different scoring (points) for

each level.

Give hints for difficult problems when necessary.

Put key answers or solution at the end.

Put more open-ended problems.

Make a fix schedule of time to posting the problems and

to close the discussion.

Conclusions

• Ahmed and Wall (2007) stated that in learning, we need to

allow student to choose activity they thing will be the most

beneficial for their learning.

• Online Tutorial is designed in purpose of providing a help for

learning Abstract Algebra course better.

• Mostly, students show positive impression on the Online

Tutorial and think it is helpful for their learning. It still need

improvement, especially on coverage of students in all layer.

What next?

There is limitation of this study in number of participants

and the scope of study which is only in one teacher college.

A quantitative study to see the correlation of the

implementation of Online Tutorial and students’ academic

achievement in learning Abstract Algebra will add better

understanding about this topic of study.

Thank you

I Gusti Ayu Synta Canydia LestariMathematics Education

Sampoerna School of Educationsynta.lestari@sampoernaeducation.net