Question

How is technology beneficial in mathematics and how is it not? What is your feedback just curious:)

Answer 1

help!! please :(

Answer 2

Quoted from multiple sources
Although the use of technology in math education is not new, the effectiveness of technology-enhanced teaching approaches has sometimes been controversial. Recently, SRI researchers published a series of studies that examine whether technology is effective and how it helps. Our findings show that technology can increase students’ understanding of math concepts, but only as part of a more comprehensive learning approach—one that also includes curricular content and teacher professional development.

For example, it’s widely known that the use of graphing calculators correlates with better student performance on high-profile government assessments, such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Yet while such correlations are reassuring, they do not constitute proof of effectiveness—and many rigorous studies have shown no effect or mixed positive and negative effects for other technology in schools. Stories of school systems that invest millions on computer hardware, only to see little change in student progress, are common.

Today, leading researchers see three clear uses for technologies in math education:

Technology can provide multiple representations of concepts. For example, the concept of a “rate” can appear as the speed of a moving character, the slope in a graph, and a coefficient in an equation. With technology, these can be linked, so that a student who makes the slope “steeper” in a graph can see that this implies a bigger number in the equation and a faster motion an animation.

Technology can engage students in a classroom in working on mathematics together. For example, students can collaborate to make a family of related functions to explore a pattern of variation, with technology helping to combine and integrate their unique contributions.

Technology can provide students with more rapid feedback on the correctness of their work, enabling them to better monitor and focus their own learning.

- See more at: http://www.sri.com/blog/evidence-shows-how-right-use-technology-can-increase-math-learning#sthash.ByGDkC5X.dpuf

Answer 3

thank you :)!