New technological environments: new constraints, new opportunities for the teacher

Luc Trouche (1)

1 EA S2HEP - Sciences et Société ; Historicité, Éducation et Pratiques

French experiments carried out over the last three years on mathematics teaching in complex calculator environments-in particular with TI-92-allow to draw some lessons:-the introduction of this kind of calculators does not simplify the teacher's work, nor the pupils' ;-it requires a new teaching organization of learning space and a new management style of time. We shall argue that, under these conditions, work in complex calculator environments can lead to a transformation of students' relationships to mathematics (giving priority to the creative side of work). Moreover, one can observe a transformation of students' collective relationships to knowledge (giving greater importance to social aspects).

Mots clés: Mathematics teaching; didactics of mathematics; ICT; Computer algebra system; students' relationship to knowledge

Domaines: Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]; Education

Luc Trouche. New technological environments: new constraints, new opportunities for the teacher. International Journal of Computer Algebra in Mathematics Education, 2000, 7 (3), pp.167-180. ⟨hal-01552317⟩