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Should we or can we understand learning better by working with technology, and then better support learning through technology? Research that compares learning with “low-tech” technologies (paper and pencil, models and metaphors) with learning with “high-tech” technologies (calculators, dynamic software environments, touch-interactive devices) promises contributions to this question. This commentary argues that learning uses technology while technology uses learning, as demonstrated by the studies in this section of Sourcebook. Researchers in these chapters resist a common tendency to conceive of technology outside of humanity, and in this way offer models of richly informed by the co-construction of humans and their technologies.
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Appelbaum, P. (2017). Learning and Technology? Technology and Learning? A Commentary. In: Aldon, G., Hitt, F., Bazzini, L., Gellert, U. (eds) Mathematics and Technology. Advances in Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51380-5_15
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