Bridging Transformational Geometry and Matrix Algebra with a Spreadsheet-Based Tool Kit

Anderson Norton; Sergei Abramovich

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1379–1384

This report presents technology-enhanced activities designed for secondary mathematics teachers within the context of matrix algebra, transformational geometry, and fractals. It concerns the ways in which a spreadsheet can be used as a tool kit...

Topics: Teachers

Technology-Enabled Pedagogy as an Informal Link between Finite and Infinite Concepts in Secondary Mathematics

Sergei Abramovich; Anderson Norton

Mathematics Educator Vol. 10, No. 2 (2000) pp. 36–41

Reflects on activities designed for computer-enhanced in-service training of high school mathematics teachers. Uses a computer-based graphing calculator, a dynamic geometry program, and a spreadsheet program to explore linear algebraic equations...

Equations with Parameters: A Locus Approach

Sergei Abramovich; Anderson Norton

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 2006) pp. 5–28

This paper introduces technology-based teaching ideas that facilitate the development of qualitative reasoning techniques in the context of quadratic equations with parameters. It reflects on activities designed for prospective secondary mathematics ...

Topics: Preservice Teachers, technology, Technology integration, Cognition, k-12, teacher education, Integration, Mathematics, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Pedagogy, problem solving, Teaching Methods, Inclusive Education

Prediction Assessments: Using Video-Based Predictions to Assess Prospective Teachers' Knowledge of Students' Mathematical Thinking

Anderson Norton; Andrea McCloskey; Rick A. Hudson

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (August 2011) pp. 305–325

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental elementary mathematics field experience course, we have designed a new assessment instrument. These video-based prediction assessments engage prospective teachers in a video analysis of a...

Chocolate Key Cryptography

Dale J. Bachman; Ezra A. Brown; Anderson H. Norton

Mathematics Teacher Vol. 104, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 100–104

Cryptography is the science of hidden or secret writing. More generally, cryptography refers to the science of safeguarding information. Cryptography allows people to use a public medium such as the Internet to transmit private information securely, ...

Technology Helps Students Transcend Part-Whole Concepts

Anderson Norton; Jesse L. M. Wilkins; Michael A. Evans; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Osman Balci; Mido Chang

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Vol. 19, No. 6 (February 2014) pp. 352–358

The authors introduce an educational video game (application, or "app"), "CandyFactory Educational Game," designed to promote students' development of partitive understanding of fractions while demonstrating the critical...

Topics: Students, Educational Technology

The Effects of an Educational Video Game on Mathematical Engagement

Mido Chang; Michael A. Evans; Sunha Kim; Anderson Norton; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Yavuz Samur

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 21, No. 5 (2016) pp. 1283–1297

In an effort to maximizing success in mathematics, our research team implemented an educational video game in fifth grade mathematics classrooms in five schools in the Eastern US. The educational game was developed by our multi-disciplinary research ...

Differential Effects of Learning Games on Mathematics Proficiency

Mido Chang; Michael A. Evans; Sunha Kim; Anderson Norton; Yavuz Samur

Educational Media International Vol. 52, No. 1 (2015) pp. 47–57

This study examined the effects of a learning game, [The Math App] on the mathematics proficiency of middle school students. For the study, researchers recruited 306 students, Grades 6-8, from two schools in rural southwest Virginia. Over a nine...