Tools and Mathematics (Hardcover, 2016)

Preface.- 1.Introduction to the book.- 2.Doing mathematics with tools: one task, four tools.- 3.The life of modern Homo Habilis Mathematicus: Experimental computation and visual theorems.- 4.Tools, human development and mathematics .- 5.The development of mat hematics practices in the Mesopotamian scribal schools.- 6.Discussions of Part A chapters.- 7. Developments relevant to the use of tools in mathematics.- 8.Constructionism.- 9.Activity theoretic approaches.- 10.Didactics of mathematics: concepts, roots, interactions and dynamics from France.- 11.Discussion of issues in chapters in Part B.- 12.Integrating tools as an ordinary component of the curriculum in mathematics education.- 13.The calculator debate.- 14. Tools and mathematics in the real world.- 15.Mathematics teachers and digital tools.- 16. Tasks and digital tools.- 17.Games: artefacts in gameplay.- 18.Connectivity in mathematics education: Drawing some lessons from the current experiences and questioning the future of the concept.- Epilogue.