[Yr7-10it] IT - maths

[Ian Ross]

Philip,

One of the most popular geometry software programs is Geometers  
Sketchpad - http://www.keypress.com/x5521.xml

A quite good piece of free software of a similar kind is GeoGebra -  
http://www.geogebra.org/cms/

Ian Ross
Canberra

On 06/06/2007, at 12:08 PM, Pamela Wright wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> Hans van der Meij from the Netherlands has been developing some Maths
> simulations that may be useful and can be accessed free of charge
> http://www.simquest.nl/
>
> This is his project:
>
> For the last three years we have been developing simulations and  
> testing
> their impact on math learning in secondary education. The research is
> part of a longer tradition in our department on developing simulations
> and assessing their effects on students. Besides attention to the  
> design
> and effect of the simulations, our math research also considers key
> implementation factors such as the fit with math content (e.g., the
> simulations replace some assignments in the textbook so that overall
> time for student work remains more or less the same), and various
> aspects of school context.
>
> Unfortunately, the specific applications developed for math are in
> Dutch. A PhD student is currently in the process of describing the  
> main
> design characteristics (and effects) of the math simulations in a
> forthcoming dissertation and (English) paper. We do, however, have
> English applications for science, in addition to several research  
> papers
> describing our work in this area. If you are interested we can send  
> you
> some of the most pertinent ones.
>
> He can be contacted at this address:
> Hans van der Meij
> Twente University
> Enschede, the Netherlands
> e-mail: meij at edte.utwente.nl
> http://users.edte.utwente.nl/meij/home_page/
>
> Regards
> Pam
>
> Pam Wright
> Lecturer in ICT Eduction
> School of Educational Studies
> La Trobe University
> Bundoora
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Philip Kay
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2007 4:27 PM
> To: yr7-10it at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Yr7-10it] IT - maths
>
> Hi there all,
> I'm an I.T. teacher in the country and fellow maths teachers have  
> asked
> me if I can recommend any particular maths software programs.  We  
> have a
> number of programs for Maths quest 11 (Gen maths) and essential maths
> (Vels edition) year 9.  Does anyone believe that particular programs
> from these packages are worthwhile or strongly recommend other  
> programs?
> I'm doing my best to look at the various programs but without much
> experience
> it's hard to say which, if any, stand out.   Would appreciate anyone's
> thoughts. (We are not doing much high level senior school maths  
> here at
> the moment.)
>
> Cheers,
> Philip Kay.
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe  
> Year
> 7 - 10 IT Mailing List kindly supported by http:// 
> www.vcaa.vic.edu.au -
> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and
> http://www.vitta.org.au  - VITTA Victorian Information Technology
> Teachers Association Inc
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
> Year 7 - 10 IT Mailing List kindly supported by
> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment  
> Authority and
> http://www.vitta.org.au  - VITTA Victorian Information Technology  
> Teachers Association Inc