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Mathematics Education with Digital Technology examines ways in which widely available digital technologies can be used to benefit the teaching and learning of mathematics. The contributors offer their insights to locate the value of digital technology for mathematics learning within the context of evidence from documented practice, prior research and of educational policy making. Key pedagogical uses of digital technologies are evaluated in relation to effective mathematics learning and practical ideas for teaching and learning mathematics with digital technology are critically analysed. The volume concludes by looking at future developments and by considering the ways in which ICT could be used as a catalyst for cross-curricular work to achieve greater curricular coherence. >
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Mathematics Education with Digital Technology Other Titles in the Education and Digital Technology Series Drama Education with Digital Technology, Michael Anderson, John Carroll and David Cameron Foreign Language Learning with Digital Technology, Michael Evans Music Education with Digital Technology, John Finney and Pamela Burnard Also available from Continuum Teaching Mathematics Using ICT, Adrian Oldknow, Ron Taylor and Linda Tetlow Mathematics Education with Digital Technology Education and Digital Technology Edited by Adrian Oldknow and Carol Knights Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704, New York London SE1 7NX NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com © Adrian Oldknow, Carol Knights and Contributors 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Adrian Oldknow, Carol Knights and Contributors have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. EISBN: 978-1-4411-8900-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mathematics education with digital technology / edited by Adrian Oldknow and Carol Knights. p. cm. – (Education and digital technology series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4411-8472-6 (hardcover) – ISBN 978-1-4411-8900-4 (ebook (pdf)) 1. Mathematics–Study and teaching (Middle school)–Technological innovations. 2. Electronic instruments, Digital. I. Oldknow, A. J. (Adrian James), 1946- II. Knights, Carol. QA11.2.M2779 2011 510.71—dc22 Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain 2010033395 Contents Notes on Contributors Series Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction ix xix xxi xxii Part 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 The Neuroscience of Connections, Generalizations, Visualizations and Meaning Edward D. Laughbaum Chapter 6 3 ICT in the United States: Where We Are Today and a Possibility for Tomorrow Gail Burrill 12 ICT in France: Development of Usages, Institutional Hesitations and Research Questions Luc Trouche and Ghislaine Gueudet 23 ICT and the English Mathematics Curriculum Sue Pope Part 2 Chapter 5 Where Are We Now? 30 What Does Research Tell Us? The Value of Learning Geometry with ICT: Lessons from Innovative Educational Research Keith Jones Learning Mathematics Using Digital Resources: Impacts on Learning and Teaching for 11- to 14-year-old Pupils Don Passey 39 46 Contents vi