Educational Technology for Elementary and Middle Schools

Abstract

The Mathematics programs in elementary and middle schools are unchanged in the past fifty years. The content itself needs to be updated; teachers need to experience inservice programs for incorporating computers, models, and calculators into their classrooms. This article summarizes the work done in two projects funded by NSF.* The first revised the K-6 mathematics curriculum and also revised the computer “literacy” program. The second project was an institute for forty middle school teachers to incorporate computers, calculators, and models into their classroom teaching. The entire institute (sixty hours) was videotaped and every attendee was given an edited two hour version to use when they in turn conduct inservice programs in their districts.