A volume in Research on Technology and the Teaching and Learningof Mathematics: Syntheses, Cases, and PerspectivesAccording to NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, 'Technology isessential in teaching and learning of mathematics; it influences the mathematics that is taughtand it enhances students’ learning.' How does research inform this clarion call for technology inmathematics teaching and learning? In response to the need to craft appropriate roles fortechnology in school mathematics new technological approaches have been applied to theteaching and learning of mathematics, and these approaches have been examined by researchersworld-wide.The second volume has a dual focus: cases and perspectives. It features descriptive cases thatprovide accounts of the development of technology-intensive curriculum and tools. In thesecases the writers describe and analyze various roles that research played in their developmentwork and ways in which research, curriculum development, and tool development can informeach other. These thoughtful descriptions and analyses provide documentation of how this processcan and does occur. The remaining chapters in the second volume address research-related issues and perspectives on the use oftechnology in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The lessons learned from the research presented in these volumes are lessonsabout teaching and learning that can be applied more broadly than solely in technological settings.
