Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S072

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Developing a Course for Preservice Teachers Demonstrating Valid Uses of Technology for Solving Mathematical Problems

Susan Barton



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ABSTRACT

A Technology in Mathematics course developed for secondary preservice mathematics teachers at an internationally diverse university is described. The focus of the course is doing mathematics where technology meaningfully assists through visual, graphical, symbolic, or numerical means. Types of technologies and example math problems for such a course are discussed.

Keyword(s): teacher training