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Characterizing Mathematical Digital Literacy: A Preliminary Investigation
20th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2017)
  • Todd Abel, Appalachian State University
  • Jeremy Brazas, Georgia State University
  • Darryl Chamberlain, Jr., Georgia State University
  • Aubrey Kemp, Georgia State University
Abstract
This preliminary report offers initial results from a study designed to begin identifying characteristics of digital literacy in mathematics. Undergraduate students in a three-course honors calculus sequence were provided with tablet computers as part of a digital literacy initiative and digital tasks were integrated into the courses. Student work was analyzed and coded for type of ICT tool use and possible components of mathematical digital literacy. The specific types of tasks developed for and integrated into the class will be discussed below with specific illustrative examples highlighted. The aspects of mathematical digital literacy illuminated by student work will be outlined, with some initial conclusions and conjectures about
the nature of digital literacy in mathematics.
Keywords
  • Digital Literacy,
  • Information and Communication Technology
Publication Date
Spring February 26, 2017
Citation Information
Todd Abel, Jeremy Brazas, Darryl Chamberlain and Aubrey Kemp. "Characterizing Mathematical Digital Literacy: A Preliminary Investigation" 20th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/darryl-chamberlain/1/