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Exploring the Affordances of SimReal for Learning Mathematics in Teacher Education: A Socio-Cultural Perspective

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SimReal is an innovative technology that emerged the last few years in mathematics education. It provides new potentialities for mathematical learning by means of dynamic and interactive visualizations of mathematical concepts. This paper uses SimReal in the context of teacher education to explore the affordances and constraints of the tool for the learning of mathematics. It presents a framework that combines Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory, the role of mediation, and the notion of affordance at a technological, pedagogical, and socio-cultural level. The aim of the article is to explore the extent to which SimReal as a mediating artifact affords students’ mathematical learning in teacher education.

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This research was supported by MatRIC – The Centre for Research, Innovation and Coordination of Mathematics Teaching, project number 150401. I would like to express my special appreciation to Per Henrik Hogstad, and his great support in designing and teaching mathematics lessons using SimReal.

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Hadjerrouit, S. (2020). Exploring the Affordances of SimReal for Learning Mathematics in Teacher Education: A Socio-Cultural Perspective. In: Lane, H.C., Zvacek, S., Uhomoibhi, J. (eds) Computer Supported Education. CSEDU 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1220. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58459-7_2

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