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Allison Hart

Education Week: Math Educators See the Right Angles for Digital Tools - 2 views

  • School of One math program in New York City as one of the top 50 inventions of 2009.
  • math teachers appear to agree that their main challenges center around gaining access to already-existing tools and how best to weave them into students’ education. And just because there’s a lot to choose from doesn’t mean all the programs possess the same ability to teach math on a long-lasting, conceptual level.
  • “Basically, the research says when students have the ability to engage with multiple representations of a problem, then they are better able to apply these tools with problem-solving and reasoning,
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  • “Just having access to technology is not enough,” Mr. Ellis continued. “It’s the role of the teacher or of the curriculum that’s essential. Although kids are quick to pick [technology] up, they’re not that quick at learning to relate it to a mathematical concept.”
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    A good overview of the different types of multimedia, online, and software tools that are gaining popularity in math classrooms
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