Technology and Mathematics in the Middle Grades

Hollenbeck, R. and Fey,J. (2009). Technology and mathematics in the middle grades. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 14(7), 430-435.

This journal entry was about incorporating technology into the matematics classroom. Technlogy has made huge strides in the education world, and schools now have so many options of how to incorporate technology in a math classroom; resulting in an enriching classroom experience. Students learn more efficientlyu and retain information for long periods of time when informations is presented visually. The technology discussed in the article really focuses on how there are so many programs that are available for teachers to use and benefit from teaching using multiple sesnses, which helps students retain information.

An example would be the interactive computer programs. These programs help students becuase the student physically doing work, has a visula. and is heariing the directions. The article also discusses the Smartboard and how teachers can use these boards to visually explain a math problem, and have the students anwer questions. The article continues on discussing how each type or genre of mathematics coud adapt to technology and to make the lessson more beneficial to students.

This arcticle further explained the idea that having the technolog in the classroom really does improve students' comprehension. One of the main reasons is due to the fact that when using the programs discussed in the article, the teahcer is applying the learning process to multiple types of learning.