Most of these programs suffer from the disease of belaboring, with
much sound, music and interaction, those topics which students can
easily learn in much less time than the computer can teach them. What
they need to do is to forget about teaching a whole course and
concentrate on those topics which are (1) tough (2) important for
students.
I include problem-solving strategies via discovery learning in a
cooperative context in the latter category. I have yet to meet a program
which can teach this.
>>> Brian E. Smith <smithb@MANAGEMENT.MCGILL.CA> 10/22/96
06:34am >>>
>Date: 22 Oct 1996 08:20:17 -0500
>From: "Estes.Karen" <estesk@email.spjc.cc.fl.us>
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>We are thinking of using Summit by Harper Collins. Has anyone had any
>experience with this CD rom based Algebra program?
>
>Karen Estes
>estesk@email.spjc.cc.fl.us
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>From: Ed Landesman <elandesm@ACADEMIC.COM>
>Subject: Interactive Mathematics
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>Some of my friends have forwarded a question recently posed on this
list
>about Academic Systems and its Interactive Mathematics online course
series.
>
>Over the past four years, I, along with several faculty around the
country
>and a distinguished advisory board, have helped develop this course
series.
>
>I want to make myself available to the members of the list to answer
>questions about Academic Systems and the Interactive Mathematics
series. I
>can also direct you to the rapidly growing community of college
campuses that
>are partners in the effort to implement the Interactive Mathematics
>materials and methods.
>
>You can also find out more about Interactive Mathematics and Mediated
>Learning on AcademicNet, which is the website sponsored by
Academic Systems
><www.academic.com>.
>
>And you can always feel free to drop me a note or give me a call.
>
>All the best,
>
>Ed Landesman
>
>----------------------------
>Edward M. Landesman
>Professor of Mathematics in Residence, Academic Systems
>Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
>Tel: 415/691-6754
>Fax: 415/694-6830
>Email: elandesm@academic.com
>
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