Scaffolding Teachers’ Construction of a Learning Trajectory for Mathematics Supported by ICT

Abstract

In this paper, we present preliminary results related to a developmental project where we explore how technology can be used to improve teachers’ teaching practices and their students’ learning of mathematics. We have adopted a teacher-centered, collaborative approach that challenges the participating researcher to develop strategies for finding different forms of scaffolding to support the teachers’ participation in this project. So far, we have used the software GeoGebra to provide competence development for the teachers in terms of mathematical representations. This software will also have a central role when investigating how the teachers perceive and make use of different affordances provided by technologies when addressing a specific learning goal related to the teaching of algebra at a lower secondary school.