Title :
Work in progress: iComb Project - a mathematical widget for teaching and learning combinatorics through exercises
Author :
de Oliveira Brandao, L. ; Eisenmann, Alexandre Luis Kundrát
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents iComb, a widget for teaching and learning combinatorics. The project was inspired by the idea of bringing up mathematical domains to the changing trend named as Web 2.0 and encouraging the development of a family of ¿math widgets¿ to improve the mathematical education scenario. The paper´s contribution are: (i) a Web-based application that is tailored to learn and teach combinatorics, an important issue for K12 and CSTE students; (ii) an interactive widget that can enrich Web sites and e-communities; (iii) an e-LM (e-learning module) with automatic assessment resources.
Keywords :
Web sites; combinatorial mathematics; computer aided instruction; distance learning; Web 2.0; Web sites; automatic assessment resources; combinatorics; e-communities; e-learning module; iComb project; learning; mathematical widget; teaching; Combinatorial mathematics; Education; Electronic learning; HTML; Information services; Internet; Least squares approximation; Surface acoustic waves; Web pages; Web sites;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4715-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2009.5350484