Processing Mathematics Through Digital Technologies

Digital technologies permeate our lives. We use them to communicate, research, process, record, and for entertainment. They influence the way we interact in the world, the way we live. Digital technologies also offer the potential to transform the nature of the learning process in mathematics. The l...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Calder, Nigel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam SensePublishers 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02222nmm a2200253 u 4500
001 EB000402238
003 EBX01000000000000000255291
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 130626 ||| eng
020 |a 9789460916274 
100 1 |a Calder, Nigel 
245 0 0 |a Processing Mathematics Through Digital Technologies  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c by Nigel Calder 
250 |a 1st ed. 2011 
260 |a Rotterdam  |b SensePublishers  |c 2011, 2011 
300 |a VII, 141 p  |b online resource 
653 |a Digital Education and Educational Technology 
653 |a Educational technology 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
028 5 0 |a 10.1007/978-94-6091-627-4 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-627-4?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 371.33 
520 |a Digital technologies permeate our lives. We use them to communicate, research, process, record, and for entertainment. They influence the way we interact in the world, the way we live. Digital technologies also offer the potential to transform the nature of the learning process in mathematics. The learning environment, the types of tasks learners can engage with, and the nature of that engagement differs from working in other environments. The Internet, for instance, presents greater scope for child-centered, inquiry-based learning. Dynamic geometry software and GoogleEarth offer interactive ways of exploring shape, position and space that is not possible with the pencil-and-paper medium. This book provides insights into how mathematical understanding emerged for primary-aged children (5-13 years) when they investigated mathematical tasks through digital media. It considers learning theories that are frequently used in mathematics education, and situates a contemporary interpretive approach within those perspectives. A key purpose was to provide some practical tasks for teachers/teacher educators to incorporate digital technologies into their mathematics programmes, tasks that have been used successfully for learning. This is a significant reference book for primary-school teacher education and a valuable resource for all schools teaching at that age