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Developing Elementary Pre-teachers’ Problem-formulating Skills in Mathematics Using Technology
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, , State University of New York College at Potsdam, United States

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Orlando, Florida, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-58-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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This paper discusses the use of technology as a medium for problem formulating in elementary mathematics. It is motivated by the authors' work with elementary pre-service teachers. The paper includes ideas, both practical and theoretical, related to the joint use of computational and manipulative features of an electronic spreadsheet in the context of K-4 mathematics. The notion of numerical and contextual coherency in problem formulating is introduced and used as a tool in analyzing problems posed by a pre-teacher.

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Abramovich, S. & Cho, E.K. (2006). Developing Elementary Pre-teachers’ Problem-formulating Skills in Mathematics Using Technology. In C. Crawford, R. Carlsen, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2006--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 4372-4377). Orlando, Florida, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved June 6, 2023 from .

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