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The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on EducationAnimated Mathematical Proofs in Elementary Education

The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education: Animated Mathematical Proofs in Elementary... [The ability to prepare and present a mathematical argument, or proof, is a key component of the mathematical competence students need to achieve in elementary school. A proof for elementary students is not the highly structured deductive mathematical argument seen in high school algebra classes. Elementary students can, however, create mathematical arguments about equivalence using vocabulary appropriate for their level of understanding. The goal of the Technology to Support Mathematical Argumentation project is to develop computational tools with which elementary students can construct and share mathematical arguments. This chapter reports on the development of array manipulation and animation creation tools that are extensions to our tablet-based Classroom Learning Partner (CLP) software. It also describes our experience in a Boston third grade classroom in which students were able to successfully create animations to demonstrate mathematical arguments about equivalence.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on EducationAnimated Mathematical Proofs in Elementary Education

Part of the Human–Computer Interaction Series Book Series
Editors: Hammond, Tracy; Valentine, Stephanie; Adler, Aaron; Payton, Mark
Koile, Kimberle; Rubin, Andee
The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education — Jul 10, 2015
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
ISBN
978-3-319-15593-7
Pages
67 –79
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-15594-4_7
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Abstract

[The ability to prepare and present a mathematical argument, or proof, is a key component of the mathematical competence students need to achieve in elementary school. A proof for elementary students is not the highly structured deductive mathematical argument seen in high school algebra classes. Elementary students can, however, create mathematical arguments about equivalence using vocabulary appropriate for their level of understanding. The goal of the Technology to Support Mathematical Argumentation project is to develop computational tools with which elementary students can construct and share mathematical arguments. This chapter reports on the development of array manipulation and animation creation tools that are extensions to our tablet-based Classroom Learning Partner (CLP) software. It also describes our experience in a Boston third grade classroom in which students were able to successfully create animations to demonstrate mathematical arguments about equivalence.]

Published: Jul 10, 2015

Keywords: Student Work; Elementary Student; Tablet Computer; Mathematical Argument; Algebraic Reasoning

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