Cesare Fregola

Cesare Fregola is professor of social pedagogy at the Sapienza University in Rome; teacher of mathematics and educational psychology on the Masters Course in Math Teaching: Art, Science and Reality at the Roma Tre University and teacher on the 2nd level Masters Course in “teaching planning and evaluation” at the University of Calabria. Transactional analyst in the educational ambit, Cesare has participated and led research into various themes such as the emotional, cognitive and socio-relational aspect of learning processes as well as into other area in the educational field. He is author of monographs, articles and papers of national repute and co-author of an internationally recognized paper on themes concerning distance learning.

Publications

Simulation and Gaming for Mathematical Education: Epistemology and Teaching Strategies
Angela Piu, Cesare Fregola. © 2011. 256 pages.
Technologic and virtual development is growing, creating an environment of online gaming that can be used as an effective and motivational instrument for math didactics in...
Epistemological Framework and Mathematical Learning
Cesare Fregola. © 2011. 14 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to provide some indications on the background of our research regarding the use of simulation games for learning geometry and arithmetic. We...
Simulation Games and Emotive, Affective and Social Issues
Cesare Fregola. © 2011. 8 pages.
This chapter presents a reflection on the subject of the skills teachers can use to intentionally influence the affective area so that this can positively influence the math...
Methodological Proposals for Simulation Games: The Transcoding Pattern1
Cesare Fregola. © 2011. 29 pages.
This chapter introduces the transcoding pattern, used in simulation games, to organize the language, the setting and the learning environment, defining the course of learning on...
Description of Games
Angela Piu, Cesare Fregola, Anna Santoro. © 2011. 27 pages.
The chapter defines the criteria on which the choices for the design and realisation of the simulation games were based as well as the educational goals. Two simulation games are...
Research Results
Angela Piu, Cesare Fregola, Claudia Abundo, Salvatore Fregola. © 2011. 24 pages.
In this chapter, we present the research process followed in the work from the try out phase for each game, the testing of materials and methods, the definition of research...
Epistemological Framework and Mathematical Learning
Cesare Fregola. © 2011. 10 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to provide some indications on the background of our research regarding the use of simulation games for learning geometry and arithmetic. We...