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Technology Tips: Classroom Technology: Tool for, or Focus of, Learning?
Roger Day
Mathematics Teacher Vol. 89, No. 2 (1996) pp. 134–37
Presents mathematics problems which use technology for exploring and verifying relationships among data sets; comparing and analyzing effects of changes in parameters of mathematical models; simulating complex, expensive, or dangerous events using...
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An Experiment in Using the Internet in Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Roger Day
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 7, No. 3 (1998) pp. 249–58
Considers how the World Wide Web is used by mathematics educators and describes a multiphase teaching experiment designed to determine if the World Wide Web is a viable means of accessing course materials. Discusses the resources involved in...
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Learning to Navigate the Internet
Roger Day
Teaching Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (1994) pp. 147–53
Chronicles one professor's use of several electronic resources currently available to teacher educators, focusing on his earlier use of microcomputers and CD-ROM for secondary mathematics education and examining his current use of such Internet...
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Spreadsheets in the Classroom
Roger P. Day
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 6, No. 4 (1987) pp. 71–72
Provided is an annotated bibliography on spreadsheets and the use of spreadsheets for science and mathematics. Each reference includes the following information: (1) author; (2) title of article or publication; (3) date; and (4) abstract. (RH)
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The Emergence of Computer Technology in School Mathematics: A Comparison of Recommendations
Roger P. Day
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 6, No. 4 (1987) pp. 14–16
Reported and compared are recent recommendations regarding the potential for computer technology in school mathematics. These recommendations are also compared to current practice and to earlier recommendations. (RH)
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Contextualized questioning to scaffold learning from simulations
Cindy Hmelo; Roger Day
Computers & Education Vol. 32, No. 2 (1999) pp. 151–164
Computer-based clinical simulations have a long history in medical education. Often they are used to provide practice in diagnostic skills or for evaluation. A different approach to medical education is problem-based learning which helps students...
Language: English
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What's 2 Got to Do with It? Using Dynamic Geometry Environments to Find Surprising Results and Motivate Proof
Tami Martin; Craig J. Cullen; Roger Day
New England Mathematics Journal Vol. 43 (May 2011) pp. 49–62
Dynamic geometry software (DGS), such as Geometer's Sketchpad[TM], Cabri Geometry[TM], and GeoGebra[TM] has become a widely used classroom technology. The broad availability of DGS has given students the opportunity to engage in many aspects of...
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"It's Harder Than We Thought It Would Be": A Comparative Case Study of Expert-Novice Experimentation Strategies
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver; Anandi Nagarajan; Roger S. Day
Science Education Vol. 86, No. 2 (2002) pp. 219–43
Compares a group of expert cancer researchers with four groups of fourth year medical students (the "novice" groups) engaged in the task of designing a clinical trial to test a new cancer drug using a computer-based modeling tool, the Oncology...