Towards an integrated learning environment for mathematics
Christian Bokhove, Gerard Koolstra, Peter Boon, André Heck, E. Milkova, P. Prazak · ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) · 2007
In recent years the mathematical community has been enriched with various computer programs that facilitate and improve the learning of mathematics. Although many practical and didactical problems still exist, computer aided learning has become a valuable addition to education. How-ever, these successes also lead to high expectations of teachers and learners. For a teacher it would be nice if he or she could review after a computer aided lesson what the students actually did, what progress they made, which problems arose during learning and to which mathematical subjects attention must be paid in the next lessons. A teacher also wants to reuse ICT-components and to exchange learning materials with colleagues without many conversion problems. Learners expect that they can consult their earlier work and intelligent feedback on this work. In this paper we will present the work realized in the GALOIS Project. This project aimed to realize an integrated learning environment for mathematics at secondary school level in which • students can practice mathematics anytime and anywhere; • mathematical assignments can be generated ‘at random’, so that the amount of exercise material becomes nearly infinitely large; • activities and answers of students are stored;