Volume
4
Issue
2
Abstract
This paper presents a new construct: the conceptual tool ‘Flexibility’. The construct was a result of an attempt to extract experiences of teaching and learning with the use of laptops. It was further developed and refined on the basis of four small-scale teaching experiments. The teaching experiments, being part of a development project in upper secondary school mathematics, investigated the use of laptops for teaching differential equations from a modeling point of view. The research was double-aimed: one objective was to conclude the project with some recommendations for the design of teaching, in the form of guidelines suitable for a wider dissemination amongst upper secondary mathematics teachers. The other main aim was to draw on the project’s experiences for theory development within a framework based on Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) and related ideas. The construction of ‘Flexibility’ served both these aims.
First Page
230
Last Page
250
Recommended Citation
Andresen, Mette
(2007)
"Introduction of a new construct: The conceptual tool "flexibility","
The Mathematics Enthusiast: Vol. 4
:
No.
2
, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54870/1551-3440.1073
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol4/iss2/8
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.54870/1551-3440.1073
