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Subject: Re: Students Writing to Each Other in Class
Author: "The Technology in Mathematics Education (TiME) committee of"
<MATHEDCC@VM1.MCGILL.CA> at INTERNET
Date: 6/12/96 9:06 PM
> Is anyone using a networked computer lab with students writing to each
> other about how they solved a word problem? I'm interested in trying this,
> but don't know which would be the best communication software to use with
> our Macs.
>
> Geoff Akst
> Manhattan CC
> akst@chelsea.ios.com
I believe FirstClass is fairly useful for the situation you've
described.... It's basically a generic bulletin board system with an
intuitive (Macintosh-style) interface.
However, If you're interested in software specifically designed for
communication of math story problems, check into the SEEN-Math software
designed by Jeff Watt, a math ed professor at Indiana University - Purdue
University at Indianapolis. It's designed to have the students work
through a general problem-solving procedure based on Polya's four steps
for solving problems, and it includes software such as graphing tools for
Venn diagrams, a scientific calculator, and other nice features.
The contact is:
Jeffrey X. Watt, Ph.D.
Mathematics Department
Purdue School of Science
Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN 46202
E-mail jwatt@math.iupui.edu
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Gideon Weinstein
Indiana University Bloomington
gweinste@indiana.edu