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This is a listing, chronologically ordered, of all the dissemination items registered by the JEM members. If you want to be able to selectively pick only certain publications, use Search or the proceeding view.




Using Web-Based Assignments in Secondary School Mathematics

This paper reports experiences in constructing web-based questions and assignments and delivering weekly exercises and formative tests of mathematics at upper secondary level in the Helsinki School of Nat-ural Sciences.
During the WebALT project 2006-2007 and after it we have been con-structing over 1000 algorithmic and interactive web-based questions for upper secondary level. The software we have used is MapleTA.

Publication_details: 
For the Proceedings of 5th workshop
Author(s): 
Marja-Leena Viljanen, Johanna Ojalainen, Matti Pauna
Tipus: 
Conference paper
Date: 
2008/12/31
Partner_node: 
Helsingin Yliopisto

Testing for the proceeding of the 5th workshop

I try to test whether it is possible to submit a dissemination item without having it public.

Publication_details: 
For the proceedings of the 5th workshop
Author(s): 
Matti Pauna
Tipus: 
Conference paper
Date: 
2008/12/30
Partner_node: 
Helsingin Yliopisto

Proceedings of the 5th JEM WS: Impact of ICT on the Teaching of Mathematics and on the Mathematics Curriculum

Proceedings of the 5th JEM Workshop will be published by Editore Liguori. All participants of the workshop are invited to contribute to the proceedings. Even if you did not give a talk, you are invited to submit to the proceedings.

Publication_details: 
Proceedings of the 5th JEM Workshop.
Author(s): 
Mika Seppälä (ed.)
Tipus: 
Other
Partner_node: 
Liguori Editore

Newsbrief from the InterGeo project

This short presentation is devoted to briefly introduce the InterGeo project and to present their most recent news, specially the search of country representatives and curricula decoders.

Publication_details: 
JEM 5th Workshop
Author(s): 
Laureano Gonzalez-Vega
Tipus: 
Extended abstract
Date: 
2008/11/27

Slides on ACED Evaluation (you can't fatten a hog by weighing it--or can you?)

Author(s): 
Valerie Shute
Tipus: 
Slide presentation
Date: 
2008/11/26

T-algebra – Intelligent Environment for Expression Manipulation Exercises

Abstract.
T-algebra is an interactive learning environment for exercises in four areas of school mathematics: calculation of the values of numerical expressions; operations with fractions; solving of linear equations, inequalities and linear equation systems; operations with monomials and polynomials. The student solves the task step by step. At each solution step the student selects the operation, indicates the subexpression(s) to be changed and enters the result of conversion. The program checks all three stages of the step, gives feedback and hints. T-algebra implements 61 task types.

Author(s): 
Rein Prank, Marina Issakova-Lepp, Dmitri Lepp, Vahur Vaiksaar, Eno Tõnisson
Tipus: 
Slide presentation
Date: 
2008/12/01

Collaborative Enhancement of Mathematical Grammar Libraries: Slides

The slides contain an introduction to the GF Resource Grammar Library, its usage in the WebALT project, and a call for a Summer School aiming to extend the library to all 23 official EU languages.

Author(s): 
Aarne Ranta
Tipus: 
Slide presentation
Date: 
2008/11/27

Mathematics curriculum development in Finland – unexpected effects

Curricula changes in the Finnish school system have happened in ten year intervals. In mathematics they have followed the international trends. The most obvious changes are the following:

1. Mathematics at school became descriptive - exact definitions and proofs were largely omitted.
2. Geometry and trigonometry were neglected.
3. Computations were performed by calculators and numbers and not on a more advanced level.

Publication_details: 
JEM 5th Workshop
Author(s): 
Olli Martio
Tipus: 
Slide presentation
Date: 
2008/11/26
Partner_node: 
Helsingin Yliopisto

Technologies in the Mathematics University Schools

Teachers and students at universities today are surrounded by diverse technologies, but the average profit got from them is not very high, and in addition it presents great variability too. The effects of technology on the curriculum seem to be rather peripheral, even for the new Bologna degrees, and for most people it is not clear, at least in the case of Mathematics, how curricula could be modified to optimize learning with the help of the available technologies. In this talk these issues will be analyzed by first presenting the current situation and then advancing possible ways forward.

Publication_details: 
JEM 5th Workshop
Author(s): 
Sebastian Xambó
Tipus: 
Conference paper

Impact of ICT on the Teaching of Maths to VIP (Visually Impaired People)

The study of Mathematics has always been particularly difficult for blind individuals. Indeed we can observe that a large majority of blind pupils do not succeed in maths studies, while the average mainstream pupil succeeds more easily. As maths is crucial in most science disciplines, this limits study options and future job opportunities for blind people. We assert that there is no reason that mathematical semantics can not be understood because of blindness; rather the biggest barrier is access to mathematical content, which can only be through speech or Braille.

Publication_details: 
JEM 5th Workshop
Author(s): 
Dominiqur Archambault & Donal Fitzpatrick
Tipus: 
Extended abstract
Date: 
2008/11/10