Teaching geometry with TutorMates

Authors:
María José González;Julio Rubio;Tomás Recio;Laureano González-Vega;Abel Pascual
Affiliations:
Cantabria University, La Rioja University, Addlink Research, Spain;Cantabria University, La Rioja University, Addlink Research, Spain;Cantabria University, La Rioja University, Addlink Research, Spain;Cantabria University, La Rioja University, Addlink Research, Spain;Cantabria University, La Rioja University, Addlink Research, Spain
Venue:
ICCSA'11 Proceedings of the 2011 international conference on Computational science and its applications - Volume Part IV
Year:
2011

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Abstract

TutorMates is a new educational software designed to combine symbolic and geometric tools to teach and learn mathematics at Secondary Education level. Its main technical ingredients are: a Computer Algebra system (Maxima) plus a dynamic geometry and graphical tool (GeoGebra), and an intermediary layer that connects the user interface and the computation engine. The role of this intermediary layer is to adapt the computation kernel to the elementary mathematical needs of the expected users. All these components are adapted to the mathematics curricula of 12 to 18 years old students. In this paper, we describe how TutorMates combines and adapts these complex technological tools in order to improve the computer-aided teaching of geometry.