Exploring Math with Technology

This timely book provides support for secondary mathematics teachers learning how to enact high-quality, equitable math instruction with dynamic, mathematics-specific technologies. Using practical advice from their own work as well as from interviews with 23 exceptional technology-using math teachers, the authors develop a vision of teaching with technology that positions all students as powerful doers of mathematics using math-specific technologies (e.g., dynamic graphing and geometry applications, data exploration tools, computer algebra systems, virtual manipulatives). Each chapter includes sample tasks, advice from technology-using math teachers, and guiding questions to help teachers with implementation. The book offers a rich space for secondary math teachers to explore important pedagogical practices related to teaching with technology, combined with broader discussions of changing the narratives about students - emphasizing the mathematics they can do and the mathematics they deserve. Accompanying online support materials include video vignettes of teachers and students interacting around technology-enhanced tasks in the classroom, as well as examples of more than 30 high-quality technology-enhanced tasks.

Allison W. McCulloch is Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA. Jennifer N. Lovett is Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University, USA.

Part I: Planning for and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Math Tasks 1. Using Technology to Position Students as Math Explorers 2. Math Specific Technology Tools 3. Deciding When and What to Use 4. Selecting Technology-enhanced Tasks 5. Launching Technology-enhanced Tasks 6. Noticing and Eliciting Student Thinking in Technology-mediated Environments 7. Facilitating Whole Class Discussions in Technology-mediated Environments Part II: Putting it All Together 8. Examples of Technology-enhanced Algebra and Functions Tasks 9. Using Technology-enhanced Tasks to Support Student Exploration of Geometry 10. Using Technology-enhanced Tasks to Support Student Exploration in Statistics and Probability