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Using CAS to Solve a Mathematics Task: A Deconstruction
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Berger, Margot – Computers & Education, 2010
I investigate how and whether a heterogeneous group of first-year university mathematics students in South Africa harness the potential power of a computer algebra system (CAS) when doing a specific mathematics task. In order to do this, I develop a framework for deconstructing a mathematics task requiring the use of CAS, into its primary…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Algebra