Site title: Teachers Teaching with Technology
Level 7-8
Rating 
Purpose of the Site:
This section of the Teachers Teaching with Technology site contains a Case for CAS: an online book promoting the use of CAS as beneficial in mathematics education.
New Zealand Context:
The online book on this site will be useful to teacher reflecting on the arguments for and against the use of CAS in classrooms. In particular the book addresses four main issues:
- That the teaching of mathematics becomes more interesting with CAS;
- That students are more interested and motivated to learn mathematics with CAS;
- That students who use CAS are at least as good in 'pencil and paper' skills as their traditional counterparts;
- That high stakes assessment and CAS are compatible.
New and Different
The This book summarises recent research on the use of CAS in classrooms and provides useful information and points for discussion for those interested in this ongoing debate.
Curriculum References:
Mathematics, Levels 7-8
Strand: Algebra
