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Bokhove, Christian; Drijvers, Paul – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2010
In the Netherlands, as in many other countries, the algebraic expertise of students graduating from secondary education is an issue. The use of digital tools for algebra education is expected to change epistemologies, activity structures and student achievement. Therefore, a study was set up to investigate in what way the use of ICT in upper…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Formative Evaluation, Test Construction, Evaluation Criteria
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Gonzalez, Gloriana; Herbst, Patricio G. – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2009
This paper describes students' interactions with dynamic diagrams in the context of an American geometry class. Students used the dragging tool and the measuring tool in Cabri Geometry to make mathematical conjectures. The analysis, using the cK[cent sign] model of conceptions, suggests that incorporating technology in mathematics classrooms…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction
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Pierce, Robyn; Stacey, Kaye – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2010
This paper proposes a taxonomy of the pedagogical opportunities that are offered by mathematics analysis software such as computer algebra systems, graphics calculators, dynamic geometry or statistical packages. Mathematics analysis software is software for purposes such as calculating, drawing graphs and making accurate diagrams. However, its…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Graphing Calculators, Professional Development, Classification
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Leung, Allen – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2008
What makes Dynamic Geometry Environment (DGE) a powerful mathematical knowledge acquisition microworld is its ability to visually make explicit the implicit dynamism of thinking about mathematical geometrical concepts. One of DGE's powers is to equip us with the ability to retain the background of a geometrical configuration while we can…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
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Sacristan, Ana Isabel; Noss, Richard – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2008
In this paper, we describe a design experiment aimed at helping students to explore and develop concepts of infinite processes and objects. Our approach is based on the design and development of a computational microworld, which afforded students the means to construct a range of representational models (symbolic, visual and numeric) of…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Computation, Mathematical Models
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Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2004
While technology has become an integral part of introductory statistics courses, the programs typically employed are professional packages designed primarily for data analysis rather than for learning. Findings from several studies suggest that use of such software in the introductory statistics classroom may not be very effective in helping…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Statistics, Statistical Inference, Teaching Methods
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Noble, Tracy; Nemirovsky, Ricardo; Dimattia, Cara; Wright, Tracey – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2004
In this article, we will describe the results of a study of 6th grade students learning about the mathematics of change. The students in this study worked with software environments for the computer and the graphing calculator that included a simulation of a moving elevator, linked to a graph of its velocity vs. time. We will describe how the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Computers, Motion, Learning Processes
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Holzl, Reinhard – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2001
Uses of Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS) are often limited purely to a verifying role. Presents a case study that emerged from a project in which DGS formed an integral part of the pedagogical arrangement. The study demonstrates how the contrasting power of DGS might be utilized in a guided discovery setting. (Contains 17 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Discovery Learning
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Pierce, Robyn; Stacey, Kaye – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2004
This article suggests a framework to organise a cluster of variables that are associated with students' effective use of computer algebra systems (CAS) in mathematics learning. Based on a review of the literature and from the authors' own teaching experience, the framework identifies the main characteristics of students' interactions with CAS…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Negative Attitudes, Algebra, Teaching Methods
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Bamberger, Jeanne; diSessa, Andrea – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2003
The argument examined in this paper is that music--when approached through making and responding to coherent musical structures, facilitated by multiple, intuitively accessible representations--can become a learning context in which basic mathematical ideas can be elicited and perceived as relevant and important. Students' inquiry into the bases…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Correlation, Mathematics