Tools and Mathematics

This book is an exploration of tools and mathematics and issues in mathematics education related to tool use. The book has four parts. The first part sets the scene with a reflection on doing a mathematical task with different tools, a mathematician's account of tool use in his work and histori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Monaghan, John (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Trouche, Luc, Borwein, Jonathan M.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer 2016.
Colección:Mathematics Education Library, 110.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface.- 1.Introduction to the book
  • 2.Doing mathematics with tools: one task, four tools
  • 3.The life of modern Homo Habilis Mathematicus: Experimental computation and visual theorems.- 4.Tools, human development and mathematics .- 5.The development of mat hematics practices in the Mesopotamian scribal schools
  •  6.Discussions of Part A chapters.-  7. Developments relevant to the use of tools in mathematics
  •  8.Constructionism
  • 9.Activity theoretic approaches.- 10.Didactics of mathematics: concepts, roots, interactions and dynamics from France.- 11.Discussion of issues in chapters in Part B
  •   12.Integrating tools as an ordinary component of the curriculum in mathematics education.- 13.The calculator debate.- 14.        Tools and mathematics in the real world.- 15.Mathematics teachers and digital tools.- 16.        Tasks and digital tools.- 17.Games: artefacts in gameplay.- 18.Connectivity in mathematics education: Drawing some lessons from the current experiences and questioning the future of the concept.- Epilogue.