The factor-criteria model of assessment of electronic educational game resources in mathematics for primary school students - Статья

Institute of Information Technologies and Learning Tools of NAES of Ukraine УДК 373.3.091.64:(0.034.2)](477-87) THE FACTOR-CRITERIA MODEL OF ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL GAME RESOURCES IN MATHEMATICS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Oksana M. Melnyk, post-graduate student Kyiv, Ukraine INTRODUCTION It is impossible to imagine modern education without the formation and use of innovative educational environment which is based on the balanced use of a wide range of forms, methods and new learning tools. Due to more frequently use of information and communication technologies (ICT), including electronic educational resources (EER) in the educational process of primary schools, many researchers and practitioners are interested how to measure the effectiveness of such innovation and face the problem of objective assessment of EER. Problem statement. The efficiency of any tools depends on their quality and the way how they are used. Therefore, a quality of EER is one of the essential requirements for the effectiveness of new technologies implementation in educational process, which is especially important for sensitive primary schools students. The study of scientific and pedagogical sources of information, pedagogical experience of primary teachers shows the widespread use of EER in practice, including EEGR. Taken from the Internet or developed by teachers themselves they are not always of high quality because they are made without taking into account all necessary requirements and criteria [6]. There were adopted a number of important documents in Ukraine in the past few years to ensure scientific and methodological support of educational process with innovative tools. They are such as the Action Plan for the development and implementation of e-learning content (order of the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine of 01.04.2011 №302), Regulation of electronic educational resources (order of the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine of 01.10.2012 №1060), etc. But at present there is no common system of assessment of EER adopted at the state level in Ukraine, which leads to misunderstanding among software engineers and teachers in the process of creation of high-quality EER. Analysis of recent research and publications. The study of the problem reveals that some aspects of determination of necessary quality criteria of EER, including such tools for primary school, are represented in the scientific works of G. Lavrentieva, V. Lapinskyi, S. Lytvynova, N. Olefirenko, O. Spivakovskyi, etc. Thus, H. Lavrentieva examines of psychological and pedagogical requirements for computer games, ergonomic requirements for educational software and also health care requirements for electronic learning tools [5]. The requirements for electronics educational resources for primary schools are the subject of investigation of N. Olefirenko [7]. The collective work [1] presents a system of psychological and pedagogical requirements for the tools of information and communication technologies for educational purposes, in particular the scientist V. Lapinskyi analyzes the technical and technological, ergonomic and health care requirements for educational software for primary school pupils; the researcher S. Lytvynova reveals the features of the development of criteria for assessment of the quality of EER; the scholar O. Spivakovskyi clarifies the parameterization of the indicators and methods of evaluation of EER. But, despite the fact that the questions of determination of the quality criteria of EER have been investigated by a number of scientists and researchers, as well as the fact that Ukraine has made some steps towards the information society and education in particular, including the development of legal support, our modern teaching practice is still not equipped with a unified system of the quality assessment of the EEGR in mathematics for primary school. This situation leads to certain difficulties among developers of electronic resources and primary school teachers in a selection and development of their own high-quality electronic resources. The unified system of assessment of EEGR in mathematics for primary school students will help to determine some common requirements for developers of these resources and to have a unified system of their implementation in the future. electronic educational game school math The purpose of the article is to identify the main factors and quality criteria of EEGR in mathematics for 6-7-year-old students; to present and justify the comprehensive approach to assessment of EEGR quality; to determine the method of getting the ranking factors’ and criteria’s coefficients. THE RESEARCH METHODS To achieve the purpose of the research we used a set of general theoretical and empirical methods. Theoretical methods: - method of direct structural analysis; - method of simply theoretical analysis; - structural synthesis method. Empirical method: - simulation metho