Didactics of mathematics, free software and resource development through Learnr and Shiny.

Abstract

Interactive web pages for teaching statistics were developed, using the Shiny and Learnr tools (R programming language) and released for open access. The contents were selected from the official curricula and from the bibliographic review of previous innovations made by other authors. An action-research was carried out in the virtual classroom and a questionnaire was made by means of a survey, with the participation of 27 male and 59 female students of the subject "Mathematics and its didactics I" , 2nd year of the Degree in Primary Education (teacher training). The usefulness of these web resources was tested by using them for the practical virtual teaching of the subject during the confinement caused by COVID-19. The evaluations collected in the survey showed that the virtual activities developed improved the students' attitudes and competences.