Innovative Approaches Using ICT to Support Teaching and Learning Advanced Mathematics
The UK has seen a worrying decline in the number of students taking up Higher Education courses in both Mathematics and ICT. The opportunity exists within an A-level mathematics course for teachers and students to use technology in an imaginative way to enhance the learning experience and to en...
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Institute for Mathematical Research
2009
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12471/1/artikel_1_vol2_no2.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12471/ |
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| Summary: | The UK has seen a worrying decline in the number of
students taking up Higher Education courses in both
Mathematics and ICT. The opportunity exists within an
A-level mathematics course for teachers and students
to use technology in an imaginative way to enhance
the learning experience and to encourage students to
consider further study in either discipline.Students taking A-level are taught in a variety of
institutions. An A-level mathematics class in an 11-18
school could be a small cohesive group with similar
background, prior learning experiences and familiarity
with the use of ICT in mathematics. A class in a
Further Education college is likely to be much larger
and to include students from a wide range of previous
institutions whose experiences both with regards to
teaching and learning styles and to their use of ICT
could vary widely.Catering for the individual teacher and student in these
diverse circumstances can be a big deterrent to the use
of technology, so in the ICTAM (Interactive Companion
to Advanced Mathematics) project [3] the authors have
put together a unique collection of software which
has been designed to offer something to every A-level
mathematics teacher and student, whatever their
background institution or technological expertise.The paper considers a range of activities from ICTAM
which includes:-
• Activities based on files for a wide range of powerful
mathematics software.
• Its own graphing software Java applet, TIM, which
teachers ·can adapt.
• Dynamic activities based on real world problems
and images
• Ideas for different teaching approaches.
• Supporting instructions and video demonstrations
for student/teacher self-help.
• Extension challenges for able students. |
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