Handheld technology & mathematics: Towards the intelligent partnership

Peter Jones

The pace of technological change is so great that any attempt to focus our attention on a particular technology and its potential impact on the teaching and learning of a particular topic in mathematics is likely to be of transitional value only. Everyday a new and even more sophisticated version of the current technology emerges to take its place. How do we make progress in such a volatile situation? One way is to try and put the problem in a broader perspective by recognizing that we have always used some sort of technology to support mathematical activity in the classroom and to understand what this meant in the past and what are the implications for the future.

Peter Jones

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