Back to Search
Start Over
An Activity Structure for Supporting Students' Coordination of Computer Algebra Systems and Paper-and-Pencil Across Phases of Curriculum.
- Source :
- International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education; 2018, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p3-18, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
-
Abstract
- In this study I examine the issue of how to support students' coordination of computer algebra systems (CAS) and paperand-pencil in solving mathematics problems. Together with a classroom teacher I designed and conducted a collaborative teaching experiment in a ninth-grade algebra classroom to understand how to support students' coordination of tools. I introduce a predict-act-reflect-reconcile activity structure for coordinating CAS and paper-and-pencil in solving problems involving linear expressions and equations and adopt this as an analytic lens to examine the role of curriculum materials on impacting students' learning. Findings suggest the activity structure of predict-act-reflect-reconcile is a potentially fruitful starting point for coordinating CAS and paper-andpencil in classroom activity, but not sufficient on its own as a task design principle without focused classroom discussion and support during the enacted curriculum. This research points to the importance of teaching students how to communicate about their process of using multiple tools while solving problems, especially the mathematical thinking that students engage in while reconciling differences across toolbased representations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALGEBRA software
CURRICULUM
MATHEMATICS problems & exercises
TEACHING teams
LEARNING
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17442710
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 129326621
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1564/tme_v25.1.01