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International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education
Teachers’ Beliefs about the Discipline of Mathematics and the Use of Technology in the Classroom
Morten Misfeldt, Uffe Thomas Jankvist, Mario Sánchez Aguilar
APA
In-text citation: (Misfeldt et al., 2016)
Reference: Misfeldt, M., Jankvist, U. T., & Aguilar, M. S. (2016). Teachers’ Beliefs about the Discipline of Mathematics and the Use of Technology in the Classroom. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 11(2), 395-419. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/341
AMA
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Reference: Misfeldt M, Jankvist UT, Aguilar MS. Teachers’ Beliefs about the Discipline of Mathematics and the Use of Technology in the Classroom. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2016;11(2), 395-419. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/341
Chicago
In-text citation: (Misfeldt et al., 2016)
Reference: Misfeldt, Morten, Uffe Thomas Jankvist, and Mario Sánchez Aguilar. "Teachers’ Beliefs about the Discipline of Mathematics and the Use of Technology in the Classroom". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2016 11 no. 2 (2016): 395-419. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/341
Harvard
In-text citation: (Misfeldt et al., 2016)
Reference: Misfeldt, M., Jankvist, U. T., and Aguilar, M. S. (2016). Teachers’ Beliefs about the Discipline of Mathematics and the Use of Technology in the Classroom. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 11(2), pp. 395-419. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/341
MLA
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Reference: Misfeldt, Morten et al. "Teachers’ Beliefs about the Discipline of Mathematics and the Use of Technology in the Classroom". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 11, no. 2, 2016, pp. 395-419. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/341
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Reference: Misfeldt M, Jankvist UT, Aguilar MS. Teachers’ Beliefs about the Discipline of Mathematics and the Use of Technology in the Classroom. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2016;11(2):395-419. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/341

Abstract

In the article, three Danish secondary level mathematics teachers’ beliefs about the use of technological tools in the teaching of mathematics and their beliefs about mathematics as a scientific discipline are identified and classified - and the process also aspects of their beliefs about the teaching and learning of mathematics. The potential relationships between these sets of beliefs are also explored. Results show that the teachers not only manifest different beliefs about the use of technology and mathematics as a discipline, but that one set of beliefs can influence the other set of beliefs. The article concludes with a discussion of the research findings and their validity as well as their implications for both practice and research in mathematics education.

Keywords

mathematics teachers’ beliefs beliefs about mathematics as a discipline beliefs about use of technology lever potential blackboxing

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