Towards a product for teaching formal algebra

Jean-François Nicaud (1) , Denis Bouhineau (1) , Christian Varlet (1) , Anh Nguyen-Xuan (2)

1 LINA - Laboratoire d'Informatique de Nantes Atlantique
2 CAF - Cognition et Activités finalisées

This paper describes a research work whose objective is to help students to learn algebra with a computer. Firstly, we summarise the theoretical foundations and we describe a prototype devoted to the factoring problem. With this prototype, the student solves problems without making the calculations. The student can also observe the system solving a problem and providing explanations. Secondly, we summarise several experiments we carried out with students and we describe the results we got. Last, we present our new objective that consists of making a product that will be available for all students and teachers.

Keywords: teachers; intelligent learning environments; formal algebra; prototypes; products

Domains: Technology for Human Learning; Education

Jean-François Nicaud, Denis Bouhineau, Christian Varlet, Anh Nguyen-Xuan. Towards a product for teaching formal algebra. nternational Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education (AI-ED), Le Mans, juillet 1999, 1999, Le Mans, France. pp.207-214. ⟨hal-00190302⟩