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Chapter 11: Teaching and Learning with Technology in Math and Science

Chapter 11: Teaching and Learning with Technology in Math and Science. Megan Herrmann and Kyle Leshon. Video: Technology in Math Classrooms. http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ates12.pd.grtechnology/. Issues and Problems in Math Instruction. Accountability

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Chapter 11: Teaching and Learning with Technology in Math and Science

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  1. Chapter 11: Teaching and Learning with Technology in Math and Science Megan Herrmann and Kyle Leshon

  2. Video: Technology in Math Classrooms • http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ates12.pd.grtechnology/

  3. Issues and Problems in Math Instruction • Accountability • NCTM-council that makes decisions that affect math education • Fundamental standards • Content Standards • Process Standards • Challenges for math standards • Teachers considering appropriate on and off computer time. • They should consider technology as a mathematical tool not pedagogical tool. • View technology as a tool to develop student thinking.

  4. “Math Wars” • Constructivist Approach • Group work, hands-on, student centered • Directed teaching • Drill and practice, teacher directed • Research suggest that students learn math with a more Constructivist approach. • Technologies for both learning approaches

  5. Concrete vs. Virtual Manipulatives • Concrete • Blocks • Spinners • Cuisenaire rods • Helps students to grasp math concepts by manipulating objects. • Virtual Manipulatives • Replicas of real manipulatives • Can be found on the internet • Research shows that students’ attitudes are higher due to using VM. • Offer more flexibility than real objects.

  6. Calculators and Software • 4 reasons to use graphing calculators: Collect raw data, Examine multiple cases, Immediate feedback, Display graphs. • Interactive Geometry Software- create and manipulate geometric construction. • 3-D Shapes • CAS (computer algebra systems)- can carry out complex calculations

  7. Computer-Based Learning • Problem Solving • True value of math is understood when students can apply knowledge to solve problems • CBL (Calculator-based Labs)- link calculators or computers to data-gathering instruments to allow students to gather and analyze data. • Data Curricula • Spreadsheets are tools that students can manipulate numbers in cells to see “what if” and “how”. • Students can also learn stats using spreadsheet software.

  8. Computer-Based Learning Continued • Supporting Communications • Students must be able to convert mathematical thinking in to words. • Using technology in small groups promote social interaction while using technology in math class. • Basic Skill Building • Although the push for higher-level thinking is popular, students must practice basic skills to build to more advanced thinking • EX: FASTTMATH

  9. Issues and Problems in Science Instruction • NSES- council that makes decisions and guidelines for science education • Promote active learning, inquiry, and cooperative learning • Inquiry-Based Instruction- letting students experience the subject they are learning • EX: experiments students can participate in

  10. Continued Problems • K-8 Difficulties • Science education is rapidly changing and students in elementary school struggle with these concepts because they are not as prepared as in math and reading. • Teachers can do PD classes to understand new ways to communicate new ideas. • Virtual Science Labs • Teachers want to have “hands-on/minds-on” learning by having students to experiments, but the push for technology encourages virtual labs that are less messy and are easily manipulated.

  11. Technology Integration • GLOBE Program- a real scientific investigation done entirely on the internet. • Record data, analyze the data, and can be displayed in a graph • Data loggers- device that records data over time with sensors (example: GPS). • Science Games • Motivation • Use cell phones as clickers

  12. Robotics • Increasingly popular with problem solving and getting students interested in engineering • Great effect on attitude in the classroom • Robotics camps and competitions are offered at every grade level

  13. Needs in Math and Science Instruction • Content Knowledge • Pedagogical Knowledge • Technological Knowledge *What is your opinion on calculator usage in math and science classroom? Is it favorable? Or are students too dependent on technology?

  14. Resources for your Math or Science Classroom http://www.maplesoft.com/ • This website gives the students the ability to have a visual description of math concepts as well as different tools that students can use . http://www.vernier.com/ • This website gives educators a dynamic way to teach science by using things like loggers, sensors, graphic/analysis software in the students hands.   http://www.census.gov/# • This website gives you real life situations in which the students are required to do research to discover the data that are supposed to be looking for. Real situations give the students a better opportunity to be more informed.   http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ • This is a website that allows the students to ask questions about their math homework. This website allows the student to put a problem that they are having problems with into a search box.   http://www.nctm.org/ • It offers sources of information, lesson plan, on math topics

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