Assessment of the Readiness of Future Mathematics Teachers to Use Digital Educational Resources in the Study of Geometry in Kazakh Universities

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to assess the readiness of future mathematics teachers to use digital educational resources and analyze their efficiency in the study of geometry in Kazakh universities. The relevance of the study is due to the lack of serious scientific research and reliable data on the effectiveness of using digital educational resources as part of studying mathematical disciplines. An experimental study of the readiness of students majoring in mathematics to use digital educational resources in the study of geometry is carried out based on the Auezov South Kazakhstan University at the Mathematics Department of the Faculty of Natural and Pedagogical Sciences. As part of the experimental work, in the 2020-2021 academic year, an experimental group of 49 students and a control group of 51 students, a total of 100 people, were formed from first-year students in the 6B01510 Mathematics educational program. The main objective of the experimental study was to determine the efficiency of students’ learning with and without the adoption of digital educational resources in the educational process. The survey method is employed to assess students’ psychological readiness to use digital educational resources and the level of the development of their motives to do so. The methods of educational testing and methodological experiment are used to establish the effectiveness of digital educational resources in the university study of geometry. Since the readiness of future mathematics teachers to use and implement digital educational resources in the learning process is found to be high at the first stage of the study, it is deemed necessary to conduct a methodological experiment on the implementation of digital educational resources in the learning process. As part of the five-semester-long methodological experiment, students in the experimental group were taught with the use of digital educational resources, while the control group students studied using the traditional geometry teaching system. The final results based on student testing and the application of statistical methods demonstrated the effectiveness of the use of digital educational resources in the university study of geometry, which leads to higher test scores. Proceeding from the results of the study, the authors conclude on the feasibility of using digital educational resources in the learning process in the study of mathematical disciplines.