ERIC Number: EJ1312410
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Positioning Students to Explore Math with Technology
McCulloch, Allison W.; Lovett, Jennifer N.; Dick, Lara K.; Cayton, Charity
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v114 n10 p738-749 Oct 2021
When thinking about digital equity, often what comes to mind are issues of access to digital technologies. Although that is a divide that must be conquered, once students have access to digital technologies, the next step is to ensure that they wield these technologies in such ways that they help to address the existing inequities in mathematics classrooms. The focus in this article is to discuss the ways that digital technologies can be positioned to meet this challenge through providing ways for "each and every student" to: (1) enter a mathematical problem; (2) mediate mathematical discussions; and (3) build personal and powerful ways of mathematical thinking. These three characteristics position all students as mathematical explorers when using technology in the classroom.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Problem Solving, Mathematical Logic, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Manipulative Materials
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DUE1821054; DUE1820998; DUE1820967
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