Instrumentation Symposium
March 2004 - March 2004Instrumentation: tool use in mathematics education
A research day at Leeds University
Thursday, 25th March 2004
Instrumentation' refers to the transformation of an artefact into a tool for doing mathematics. It is used to describe largely French mathematics education research which looks at ‘instrumental genesis’ and the dialectics between conceptual and technical work in mathematics. Instrumentation started with research on students using computer algebra systems but an intention of this day is to widen the focus to other forms of computing technology.
Speakers
- Michèle Artigue, Université Denis Diderot (Paris 7), France
The genesis and development of French work on instrumentation (Powerpoint Presentation) - Paul Drijvers, Freudenthal Institute, The Netherlands
Instrumentation: the case of parameters (Powerpoint Presentation) - Ken Ruthven, University of Cambridge, England
New directions for instrumentation (Powerpoint Presentation) - John Monaghan, University of Leeds, England
Viewing French instrumentation work from the outside (PDF File)
The day finished with Michèle Artigue giving the 2004 Annual Lecture for the Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
This project last updated by Peter Edwards on 31st January 2006.