Mathematical Education
in the Internet Era - Focussing
on ``Learning by Discovery'' and
an Experiment at ICME8/TG4
Haruo Murakami
Faculty of Science
Konan University, Kobe, Japan
murakami@konan-u.ac.jp
Abstract
The internet has had many effects
on mathematical education. Some teachers
are already sending information or
messages to students over the internet
via email or web pages, and students
are sending back their answers and
other messages to their teachers over
the internet. In this paper, we consider
the best way of using the internet
for distance learning of mathematics.
We propose in this paper an efficient
method of using computer algebra systems
for a ``learning by discovery" type
distance education. The author of
this paper carried out an experiment
from Seville, Spain, in July, 1996,
showing how efficient this method
was, on the occasion of ICME8, at
which he served as Chief Organiser
of the Topic Group 4, ``Learning Mathematics
at a Distance".
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