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Thomas, Ryan Vail – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The goal of this study is to explore and characterize the effects of using a dynamic graphing utility (DGU) on conceptual understanding and attitudes toward mathematics, measured by the responses of college algebra students to an attitude survey and concepts assessment. Two sections of college algebra taught by the primary researcher are included…
Descriptors: Graphs, College Mathematics, Algebra, Student Attitudes
Laborde, Colette – 2002
This paper presents learning tasks of a new type that are made possible by dynamic geometry software and discusses reasons why it takes time for teachers to design and use such tasks. The paper is divided into four sections: (1) The Spatial and the Theoretical; (2) Tasks in Dynamic Geometry Software Fostering the Learning of Geometry; (3) The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Educational Change
Cockburn, Anne D., Ed.; Nardi, Elena, Ed. – 2002
This document contains the first volume of the proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Learning from Learners". In total, 290 presentations were given ranging from the psychology of mathematics in the very…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Ethnomathematics