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Digital resources for mathematics education

Alison Clark-Wilson, London Knowledge Lab UCL Institute of Education

• digital resources from the perspective of

mathematics education – a broad landscape

• a focus on digital resources that afford

interactive mathematical environments

• some examples of curriculum/assessment

initiatives

• implications for the development of a

flexible framework Overview

Some perspectives on mathematics education

psychological

Some perspectives on mathematics education

socio-cultural

Some perspectives on mathematics education

cognitive

Some questions:

• What criteria might help with the selection of

technological resources?

• How should the mathematics curriculum

change?

• What are the new challenges for assessing

mathematical knowledge?

• How are the traditional notions/pathways of

mathematical ‘progression’ challenged?

Multiple dynamic representations

Multiple dynamic representations

Mathematical progression:

traditional (paper-pencil)

function table of values graph

Mathematical progression:

digital (Cornerstone Maths)

Table

• f

values

function

• graph
• animation

graph

• animation
• function

animation

• graph
• function

Getting a ‘feel’ for 2-D shapes

Getting a ‘feel’ for 2-D shapes

Ontario Ministry of Education (2000)

• province-wide

purchase of dynamic geometry software

• curriculum developed

that integrated its use by students

• school-based

assessment task that required its use by students

Implications

• Professional development for teachers?
• Classes of technologies – or specific/bespoke

technologies?

• Classes of tasks – or specific/bespoke tasks?
• Technology use within key assessments?

Digital resources for mathematics education

Alison Clark-Wilson, London Knowledge Lab UCL Institute of Education

References and further reading

Clark-Wilson, A., Hoyles, C., Noss, R., Vahey, P., & Roschelle, J. (2015). Scaling a technology-based innovation: Windows on the evolution of mathematics teachers'

• practices. ZDM Mathematics Education, 47(1). doi: 10.1007/s11858-014-0635-6

Clark-Wilson, A., Robutti, O., & Sinclair, N. (2014). The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era: An International Perspective on Technology Focused Professional Development (Vol. 2). Dordrecht: Springer. Education Quality and Accountability Office. 2000. Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics [Online]. Ontario: Ministry of Education. Available: http://www.eqao.com/Educators/Secondary/09/Investigations.aspx?Lang=E&gr=09 [Accessed 10 Mar 2015].