The Didactical Challenge of Symbolic Calculators - Turning a Computational Device into a Mathematical Instrument (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

A significant driver of recent growth in the use of mathematics in the professions has been the support brought by new technologies. Not only has this facilitated the application of established methods of mathematical and statistical analysis but it has stimulated the development of innovative approaches. These changes have produced a marked evolution in the professional practice of mathematics, an evolution which has not yet provoked a corresponding adaptation in mathematical education, particularly at school level. In particular, although calculators -- first arithmetic and scientific, then graphic, now symbolic -- have been found well suited in many respects to the working conditions of pupils and teachers, and have even achieved a degree of official recognition, the integration of new technologies into the mathematical practice of schools remains marginal. It is this situation which has motivated the research and development work to be reported in this volume. The appearance of ever more powerful and portable computational tools has certainly given rise to continuing research and development activity at all levels of mathematical education. Amongst pioneers, such innovation has often been seen as an opportunity to renew the teaching and learning of mathematics. Equally, however, the institutionalization of computational tools within educational practice has proceeded at a strikingly slow pace over many years.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Mathematics Education Library, 36
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	2005
Editors:	Dominique Guin • Kenneth Ruthven • Luc Trouche
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-23158-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-387-23158-7
Barcode:	9780387231587

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