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On Teaching and Learning Mathematics – Technologies

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This chapter explores different conceptions of the role of digital technologies in the teaching and learning of mathematics and argues that the common assumption is to treat technologies as mere mediators of already-existing mathematical concepts. It proposes a different conception of the relation between technology and mathematics and suggests that such a re-conceptualisation might lead to effective strategies for better supporting teachers’ use of digital technologies in the classroom. Two examples from ongoing research projects are offered to illustrate these strategies.

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    Readers are encouraged to interact with the sketch themselves at: http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/geometry4yl/sketchpadfiles/Broken%20Block%20Symmetry%202/

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    The gravity mode makes the screen objects fall vertically down the screen and disappear. When the gravity mode is turned off, the screen objects remain on visible until the reset button is pressed.

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    Nathalie Sinclair

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  1. Seymour Fox School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Yifat Ben-David Kolikant

  2. Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

    Dragana Martinovic

  3. Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Marina Milner-Bolotin

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Sinclair, N. (2020). On Teaching and Learning Mathematics – Technologies. In: Ben-David Kolikant, Y., Martinovic, D., Milner-Bolotin, M. (eds) STEM Teachers and Teaching in the Digital Era. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29396-3_6

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