Making the Case for Technology Integration

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The Mathematical Sciences Education Board offers a view on reforming mathematics instruction: "The national call for the reform in mathematics teaching and learning can seem overwhelming, because it requires a complete redesign of the content of school mathematics and the way it is taught. The basis for reform is the widespread belief that the United States must restructure the mathematics curriculum.... Simply producing new texts and retraining teachers will not be sufficient to address the major changes being recommended." How might various technologies and technology-based methods be able to shape and support a restructured mathematics curriculum?

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Cavanagh's (2004) article "NCLB Could Alter Science Teaching" presents contrasting beliefs about effective science instruction:
Quote #1: "Advocates of discovery learning say direct instruction can easily regress into lecture-style teaching, heavy on rote recitation of scientific facts and memorization. 'It's cheaper, faster, and not as effective,' contended Wayne Carley, the executive director of the National Association of Biology Teachers, in Reston, Va. 'If you want kids to memorize a bunch of facts, it's a great way to learn . . . (however) science is not just a set of facts, but a process for discovering more facts.'" (p. 12).
Quote #2: "Directors of the Baltimore Curriculum Project, a nonprofit program that works with three schools serving both elementary and middle school students in that city, have been using direct instruction for the past six years in subjects from reading and language arts to mathematics. Leaders of the project, which largely serves students from low-income families and has seen an improvement in test scores among its participants in recent years, plan to use direct instruction in science over the next few years..." (p. 12).
Why do these groups have such different beliefs about effective science instruction? How might technology be able to merge these seemingly disparate methodologies?

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