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Computational media: the universal acid of mathematics teaching (4)
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: December 29, 2009
Teaching mathematics with technology Recently I taught a graduate level course “Technology for Mathematics Teachers” in which undergraduates, in-service, and pre-service teachers of mathematics participated. An issue that arose early, and which dominated our discussions, was the lack of easy access to technology in classrooms. Some typical comments were: “Presently technology is not used in […]
Computational media: the universal acid of mathematics teaching (3)
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: December 23, 2009
Calculators and computers as shortcuts I recently sent out the following tweet: republicofmath Should we continue to focus on basics of pencil and paper calculation, especially in early years? http://bit.ly/5iqPYL #math #technology and got the following replies: stephenwuebker @republicofmath yes! One needs to know how and why calculations work before taking shortcuts w/ computers and […]
