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| Why Reform Math Calls for the Use of Technology |
| The National Council for Teachers of Mathematics has been the largest advocate for reform mathematics. In the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, technology is described as one of the 6 principles or features of high-quality mathematics education. The entire technology principle can be viewed by clicking the link below. |
| The technology principle outlines the major reasons why supporters of reform mathematics advocate the use of technology in the mathematics classroom. The main points of the technology principle are as follows. |
| The existence, versatility, and power of technology make it possible and necessary to reexamine what mathematics students should learn as well as how they can best learn it. In the mathematics classrooms envisioned in Principles and Standards, every student has access to technology to facilitate his or her mathematics learning under the guidance of a skillful teacher. |
| Technology enhances mathematics learning. |
| Technology can help students learn mathematics. |
| Students' engagement with, and ownership of, abstract mathematical ideas can be fostered through technology. |
| Technology enriches the range and quality of investigations by providing a means of viewing mathematical ideas from multiple perspectives. |
| Technology offers teachers options for adapting instruction to special student needs. |
| Technology supports effective mathematics teaching. |
| Technology does not replace the mathematics teacher. |
| Technology influences what mathematics is taught. |
| Technology not only influences how mathematics is taught and learned but also affects what is taught and when a topic appears in the curriculum. |
| Technology can help teachers connect the development of skills and procedures to the more general development of mathematical understanding. |
| The effective use of technology in the mathematics classroom depends on the teacher. |
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