CAS for Mathematics E-Learning - a European Perspective

Bernd Thaller (1) , Reinhard Simonovits (2)

1 Institute for Mathematics and Scientific Computing
2 Handelsakademie Grazbachgasse

We report on activities and progress in a European (Comenius 2.1) project "LTMLearning Tools for Mathematics" that creates multilingual learning units on the basis of Mathematica and M@th Desktop. A customized user-interface based on palettes is optimized for use in class, and notebooks provide associated math content with a strong emphasis on visualization. The multilingual nature of the learning units makes them useful for transnational school collaboration projects, as has been demonstrated in a pilot project. The problems and exercises are oriented towards applications and encourage explorative group projects. This leads, in particular, to an improved image of mathematics and math instruction among students.

Keywords: educational technologies; user interface design

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Technology for Human Learning

Bernd Thaller, Reinhard Simonovits. CAS for Mathematics E-Learning - a European Perspective. Conference ICL2007, September 26 -28, 2007, 2007, Villach, Austria. 10 p. ⟨hal-00197248⟩