RUME 28
2026
Alexandria, Virginia
Exploring Calculus Students' Technology Use With Dynamic Graphing Technology
Page: 1464
Technology is commonly used in mathematics education to communicate ideas and support understanding of complex concepts. Drijvers (2012) describes students’ use of technology as either doing mathematics or learning mathematics, with the latter including practicing skills and developing conceptual understanding. Roschelle et al. (2017) expand on this by considering productive and transformative perspectives of students’ purpose to situate to describe the broader literature on educational technology. In this poster presentation, we use this framework to understand calculus students’ engagement with dynamic graphing software (Desmos) in a calculus context. We found the framework useful for capturing how students interacted with the technology, and how that was related to their thinking.