Geometry Among Students Essay

INTRODUCTION

Geometry surrounds the society. Patterns, shapes, lines, curves spaces and principles are abundant and extend as far as the naked eye can see. Geometry is studied to improve visual ability. Intermingling with Geometry is the use of technology i.e. computers and internet. Technology has become so important for one to survive in this world. The rampant use of technology by students is very evident. It is a believed that studenst constant use of technology hinders their ability to persevere and face challenges in problem solving. But technology is more than using the computers and the internet. With smart phones, instant messaging, music, videos and social networking, personal and mobile technology is ingrained in youth culture. These are important to young people and part of their identity.

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This maybe because some of the respondents do not have computers at home and they prefer using other printed and available materials for school works. On the other hand, almost all of the respondents use the computer for school works and many of the respondents 48 or 36.64% use 1-5 hours a week for this purpose. Monahan [6] reports that with the present trend of education, one needs the computer and internet access for all school requirements to work well. Access to computer and internet provides access to knowledge and information that are part of the education in the 21st century. From the same table, all of the respondents consume hours in playing interactive combat or adventure games which contradicts the previous finding that there are few respondents who do not use the computer for fun/game. More than half of the respondents (76 or 58.02%) use less than an hour in playing. This is an implication that most of the respondents use the computer and internet for playing interactive games but they do not play for a very long time. Table