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History of Tools and Technologies in Mathematics Education

In: Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education

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  • David Lindsay Roberts

    (Prince George’s Community College)

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Although “technology” in mathematics education is often used exclusively to refer to electronic devices, it is important to recognize the longer and more varied history of tools in this field. We classify technology into two primary groups. General-purpose tools, of wide social importance, include the textbook, the blackboard, and the computer. Specialized technologies, sometimes found only in mathematics classrooms, include the slide rule, the protractor, and the cube root block. It is hoped that brief histories of these and other tools, although focused largely on the United States, will be usefully provocative for those with more global perspectives.

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  • David Lindsay Roberts, 2014. "History of Tools and Technologies in Mathematics Education," Springer Books, in: Alexander Karp & Gert Schubring (ed.), Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 565-578, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4614-9155-2_28
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9155-2_28
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