PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Characterizing mathematical digital literacy: A preliminary investigation
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This preliminary report offers initial results from a study designed to begin identifyingcharacteristics of digital literacy in mathematics. Undergraduate students in a three-coursehonors calculus sequence were provided with tablet computers as part of a digital literacyinitiative and digital tasks were integrated into the courses. Student work was analyzed andcoded for type of ICT tool use and possible components of mathematical digital literacy. Thespecific types of tasks developed for and integrated into the class will be discussed below withspecific illustrative examples highlighted. The aspects of mathematical digital literacyilluminated by student work will be outlined, with some initial conclusions and conjectures aboutthe nature of digital literacy in mathematics.Keywords: