Valls-Carol R, Álvarez-Guerrero G, López de Aguileta G, Alonso Á, Soler-Gallart M. Citizen Debates in Social Networks about Didactic Resources for Mathematics.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;
18:ijerph182111686. [PMID:
34770198 PMCID:
PMC8583319 DOI:
10.3390/ijerph182111686]
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Abstract
Citizens are increasingly turning to social media to open up debates on issues of utmost importance, such as health or education. When analyzing citizens’ social media interactions on COVID-19, research has underlined the importance of sharing and spreading information based on scientific evidence rather than on fake news. However, whether and how citizens’ interactions in the field of education, particularly in mathematics, are based on scientific evidence remains underexplored. To contribute to filling this gap, this article presents an analysis of citizen debates in social networks about didactic resources for mathematics. Through social media analytics, 136,964 posts were extracted from Reddit, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, of which 1755 were analyzed. Results show that out of the 213 posts of citizen debates on didactic resources for mathematics, only two contained scientific evidence and eight claimed to contain scientific evidence. These findings highlight the importance of promoting actions to encourage citizen debates around didactic resources for mathematics based on scientific evidence.
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