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Digital resources for mathematics education Alison Clark-Wilson, London Knowledge Lab UCL Institute of Education

Overview • 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

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) graph • animation • function function animation • graph • graph • animation • function Table of values

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].