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Berger, Margot – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1998
Introduces a Vygotskian approach to learning with an emphasis on mediated activity within a particular socio-historical context. Addresses the relationship between mathematical learner and different sign systems (multiple representations) afforded by the graphic calculator. Contains 32 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators, Learning Theories, Mathematics Activities

Slavit, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1996
Observations focusing on classroom discourse, uses of graphing calculators, nature of instructional tasks, and instructor-questioning patterns in a high school algebra course found that the teacher modified his teaching strategies and curriculum to accommodate the teaching strategies and topics that arose from the use of the graphing calculator.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators