ERIC Number: EJ743579
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0685
Technology-Supported Mathematics Environments: Telecollaboration in a Secondary Statistics Classroom
Staley, John; Moyer-Packenham, Patricia; Lynch, Monique C.
Australian Mathematics Teacher, v61 n4 p28-32 2005
The Internet, an exciting and radically different medium infiltrating pop culture, business, and education, is also a powerful educational tool with teaching and learning potential for mathematics. Web-based instructional tools allow students and teachers to actively and interactively participate in the learning process (Lynch, Moyer, Frye & Suh, 2002). The ways teachers use these tools can have a profound effect on the teaching and learning of mathematics. Telecollaboration has the potential to create authentic contexts and problem-solving environments for students, ultimately providing students with opportunities to apply their mathematics skills in a real-world context outside of the classroom. This article describes how one teacher used a telecollaboration project in his high school statistics course. It demonstrates how effective technology use can enhance students' learning of challenging mathematics content.
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Statistics, Problem Solving, Technology Integration, Computer Uses in Education, Learning Processes, Student Motivation, Mathematics Instruction, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning
Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide, South Australia 5001. Tel: +61 8 8363 0288; Fax: +61 8 8362 9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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