Designing applets that instantiate effective mathematics pedagogy

Janet Bowers; Nadine Bezuk; Karen Aguilar; Steve Klass

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 45–72

This report describes reflections from two cycles of developmental research that involved creating and refining a series of computer-based applets for reasoning about the relative magnitude of fractional quantities. The applet sequence stemmed from...

Topics: Mathematics, eLearning, Professional Development, Internet, Preservice Teacher Education

How Can Digital Didactic Objects Be Designed to Support the Learning of Mathematics?

Janet Bowers; Nadine Bezuk; Karen Aguilar; Steve Klass

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 345–352

Designing didactic objects involves imagining how students can conceive of specific mathematical topics and then imagining what types of classroom discussions could support these mental constructions. This study investigated whether it was possible ...