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The paper explores the opportunities and challenges of learning and teaching mathematics in the information era from a Vygotskian perspective. A systemic approach is taken to an investigation of the ways in which information technologies have changed the contexts for and forms of mathematical activity in society and the challenge that this change presents to mathematics educators at all levels.
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Crawford, K. Vygotskian approaches in human development in the information era. Educ Stud Math 31, 43–62 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00143926
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