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Employing IT in Mathematics Education

Employing IT in Mathematics Education. By Harley Weston and Vi Maeers University of Regina. Math 101. 500-600 students per year On campus - regional and community colleges Designed for elementary education students Taken by students in education and arts. Content.

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Employing IT in Mathematics Education

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  1. Employing IT inMathematics Education By Harley Weston and Vi Maeers University of Regina

  2. Math 101 • 500-600 students per year • On campus - regional and community colleges • Designed for elementary education students • Taken by students in education and arts

  3. Content • Arithmetic and numeration systems • Problem solving • Number theory • Rationals, irrationals, ratios and percents • Sets • Logic

  4. Chronology • Spring and summer 1998 • Two students • Gathered material, notes, problems, exams • Design course and input material

  5. Chronology - continued • Fall 1998 • Pilot section • Spring 1999 • Revisions • Fall 1999 • Section offered - fully online

  6. Course structure • All material online (no textbook) • Six units • Online quiz every 2 weeks • Instructor graded • Common pencil and paper final exam--invigilated

  7. WebCT tools used • Communication tools • Bulletin board • Private mail • Calendar • Study • Compile notes for printing • Glossary and Search

  8. WebCT tools used (cont.) • Evaluation • Quiz • Management • Spread sheet • Student Tracking

  9. Sampler Course • http://online.math.uregina.ca/ • Login name - guest • Password - guest

  10. Concluding Remarks • Was Math 101 a good choice • Yes • Student demand • Minimal notation • No • Students not strong in mathematics

  11. Math Central http://MathCentral.uregina.ca/

  12. Resource Room • can be searched by browsing the database (by grade level and curriculum strand) • can also be searched by keyword, title or author • submissions to Resource Room come from teachers, preservice teachers, and university professors, and from the Stewart Resource Centre

  13. Resource Room • Resources • grade and strand example • (elementary/numbers and operations/Hanson) • (middle/geometry/Wagner) • (secondary/algebra/Weston) • (elementary/integration/Allen) • keyword example • (tessellations) (money--Stewart Resource Centre) • title example • (pattern) • author example • (Seaman)

  14. Math Central Project • Problem solving experiment in 1996 and 1999 • (RR--keyword problem solving, 1996 # 14; 1999 # 2 and 3) • Truro children solved the problems created by the preservice teachers and then posted their own • (RR--keyword problem solving, 1996 # 14; 1999 # 1)

  15. Math Central Survey • Fall 1998 survey posted on Math Central • http://MathCentral.uregina.ca/survey • purpose was to determine how teachers were using Math Central • presentation to MSET at San Antonio in March 1999

  16. Math Central Funding and Employees • 1996--funding from the Sasked Multi-Media Fund, Industry Canada, faculties of Science, Graduate Studies, and Education • money spent almost entirely on hiring capable students to convert submissions to html code and post in appropriate places on Math Central

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