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This forms part of a research project to characterize the mathematical work performed by higher education students in developing a didactic sequence, through digital technology, in which they mobilize the concept of surfaces in space. One task proposed in the didactic sequence is presented that is constituted by a GeoGebra applet that allows the graphic representation of different surfaces to be obtained, including planes, cylinders, and quadrics (elliptic and hyperbolic paraboloids) from the manipulation of the parameters of a real function of two variables. The expected results of the task are analyzed in the context of theory of the Mathematical Working Space (MWS) to demonstrate how the use of a digital artifact promotes the execution of semiotic, instrumental, and discursive processes that are present in the student’s mathematical work.
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We thank the Universidad de Lima, the San Ignacio de Loyola University (USIL) and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) for their contributions to the study which allowed us to write this paper. Likewise, we appreciate the collaboration of the San Ignacio de Loyola University for the English translation of this research.
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Vivas-Pachas, J.L., Trujillo, E.C.J., Salazar, J.V.F., Saravia-Molina, N. (2023). Digital Technology in Higher Education: Identification of Surfaces in Space Generated by Functions of Two Variables. In: Mesquita, A., Abreu, A., Carvalho, J.V., Santana, C., de Mello, C.H.P. (eds) Perspectives and Trends in Education and Technology. ICITED 2023. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 366. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5414-8_53
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