Impressions
of ICTCM-7 (1995) pdf file.
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"One
very significant project that caught our attention is Mathwright,
which is described as a 'Mathematical Software Construction Set
that teachers really use', and comes with over 300 WorkBooks created
by teachers as laboratories. It includes a computer algebra system
as part of the package and uses MathKit which has been presented
at earlier ICTCM conferences. (MathKit is produced by the Institute
for Academic Technology).
The Orientation
of the Mathwright Modules is constructivist (constructivism still
rules OK in USA). What this means is that carefully selected learning
scenarios are used as a basis for investigation work, at least
in those Mathwright modules that we saw. This is in contrast to
the approach in projects like UKMCC, which are required to place
emphasis on delivery of standard information. Mathwright materials
seemed to have a more compact 'feel' than our UKMCC modules, but
the UKMCC is setting out to achieve different things."
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Education
Planet Newsletter
Top Math Site of the week: |
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"One
problem in learning upper secondary and college mathematics is that
of getting the math to leap off the page and become real, i.e. to
become the vehicle by which parts of the world can be understood.
Students often become buried in the details of the various calculations
and fail to realize the utility of the math. The Mathwright authoring
program allows math and science based lessons to be covered in an
interactive manner with many applications and examples. This Library
includes over 150 workbooks for download after purchase of a very
inexpensive annual subscription. Topics covered include Pre-Calculus,
Calculus and College Algebra in addition to a variety of secondary
and college level mathematics topics. For 3D simulations, there
is now a new program called Mindscapes." |
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Computer
User
Links of the Week: |
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"The
New Mathwright Library is a free collection of more than 110 interactive
mathematics and science books. These electronic books, developed
by math and science teachers (and students), have been used in Web-based
mathematics courses taught at universities and secondary schools.
Students can learn math in a practical and entertaining way, for
example, by piloting a virtual lunar lander which illustrates principles
of integral and differential calculus in the course of making a
safe landing on the moon. The books are created with a mathematics
authoring program called Mathwright. Users must register and download
a free reader program, the Mathwright Library Player, and then can
download and use the books. http://www.mathwright.com " |
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Teacher/Author
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Stetson University |
"I
have used Mathwright as the principal software in two courses: differential
equations (for junior level math majors) and chaos and fractals
(a freshman general education course). The workbooks created with
Mathwright may be read by students in private study, or used in
various classroom teaching and learning contexts. For example, they
may contain simulations, lessons, laboratory exercises, and animations.
The Player provides a great deal of freedom to experiment and to
create." |
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| Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse |
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"This
World Wide Web (WWW) site offers, by subscription, a collection
of 150 interactive mathematics and science materials, called workbooks.
The material can be placed on a computer desktop from the web and
then read and used later. A sample free workbook, offered as a demonstration,
features information and interactive modules for experimenting with
the geometry and physics of reflection and refraction of light.
Topics include conic sections, trigonometry, visualizing virtual
images, optimization obtained both experimentally and with calculus,
and the slope field of a differential equation. Also found is material
related to Snell's law and Fermat's principle. This sample workbook
is suitable for both exploration and instruction and is designed
to be used by a wide range of students, from high school through
college. Other features of the site include a discussion area, called
The Cafe, where visitors consider topics related to using computers
to understand mathematics and science." |
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| MAA
Project WELCOME Page (excerpt) |
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"The
interactive explorations are integrated environments which combine
graphical, dynamical, symbolic, textual, and numerical representations
of mathematical ideas and relations. Users interact with these environments
in the familiar point and click idiom of internet web pages. The
goal of each activity is to encourage students to experiment with
some mathematical context by manipulating aspects of the environment
and observing the results. The interactions are intended to be so
natural that the environments take on a kind of virtual realism
that brings mathematical constructs to life. This can take the form
of moving and deforming geometric objects (in the style of Geometer's
Sketchpad), but can also involve interacting with symbolic, logical,
and numerical aspects of an environment. " |
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Teacher/Author
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The American University |
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webpage makes available mathwright books I have developed. To use
these activities, you must have Mathwright Player software. A free
version, called the Mathwright Library Player, is available both
here and at the New Mathwright Library and Cafe website." |
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Teacher/Author
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Munsang College, Hong Kong |
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"Mathwright
workbooks are hypertext and interactive documents which encourage
active exploration. The computational environment recedes into the
background so that the mathematical topic of interest comes under
the spotlight. Workbooks can be used for self-study as well as classroom
teaching. Students are allowed to read workbooks at their own pace,
and to experiment and to play with those topics that interest them.
Teachers can also use the workbooks for demonstrating abstract mathematical
concepts. We have written some workbooks for teaching and learning
"Conic sections", "Gaussian Elimination", "Quadratic Graph", "Graphical
solution of equation" and "Method of Bisection". The workbook player
is downloadable for free. More information and workbooks are available
at www.mathwright.com. " |
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The
New Mathwright Library: Helping Students Construct their own Knowledge
The University of Wisconsin-Madison (The Institute on Learning Technology) |
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| LTSN
Maths Stats & OR Network Newsletter |
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