Computer-Mediated Thinking
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This paper discusses computer-mediated thinking and some of its possible implications for curriculum design in mathematics education. We begin with a discussion of today’s context and of ideas related to computermediated thinking. We continue with examples of the use of computermediated thinking in modern applied mathematics. We then extract some suggestions for a curriculum in mathematics centred at the calculus level. We include specific suggestions for removing material from the current syllabus. We end with a discussion of the unintentional power of the
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