The Spontaneous Emergence of Elementary Number-Theoretic Concepts and Techniques in Interaction with Computing Technology [electronic resource] / Carolyn Kieran and Jose Guzman.

We present in this paper five case studies of instrumental genesis of number-theoretic concepts and techniques involving multiples, divisors, and numerical decomposition. The pupils, who were 12 to 15 years old, used the multi-line screen display of the graphing calculator to explore numerical tasks...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Kieran, Carolyn
Other Authors:	Guzman, Jose
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2003.
Subjects:	Task Analysis. Graphing Calculators. Mathematics Instruction. Case Studies. Educational Technology. Arithmetic. Foreign Countries. Computer Uses in Education. Secondary Education.