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Initial Motivation as a Factor Predicting the Progress of Learning Mathematics for the Blind

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Information Technology in Biomedicine (ITIB 2019)

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There are plenty of obstacles related to studying mathematic for people with sight disability. One of the factors influencing the progress of math learning is the internal motivation. The aim of the paper is to present the possibility of applying the sentiment analysis of free informal statement made by math students, for automatic assessment of initial motivation. The results of conducted tests confirm that the method including motivational elements can lead to the change of cognitive schemas in the previous educational process. A number of visually impaired students, who had been negatively oriented to learning mathematics, changed their attitude after using the developed tool. To have the process of math learning more effective, it is worth to pay attention on the initial motivation and next, to make appropriate interactions in its area.

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  1. Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronic and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, 16 Akademicka, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland

    Michał Maćkowski

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Zabrze, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice 15-18, 3th Maja, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland

    Katarzyna Rojewska

  3. SAS Institute Sp z o.o., Gdańska 27/31, 01-633, Warszawa, Poland

    Mariusz Dzieciątko

  4. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 40 Roosevelta, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland

    Dominik Spinczyk

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  1. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Ewa Pietka

  2. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Pawel Badura

  3. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Jacek Kawa

  4. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Wojciech Wieclawek

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Maćkowski, M., Rojewska, K., Dzieciątko, M., Spinczyk, D. (2019). Initial Motivation as a Factor Predicting the Progress of Learning Mathematics for the Blind. In: Pietka, E., Badura, P., Kawa, J., Wieclawek, W. (eds) Information Technology in Biomedicine. ITIB 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1011. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23762-2_31

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