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Potential of Maple as a Tool for Improving Financial Education of Future Teachers
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Rosa, Premysl; Petrášková, Vladimíra – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2017
In the Czech Republic one of the key tasks of an education system is to ensure the financial literacy of citizens. Scarcely any topic of the school curricula is undergoing such rapid and frequent changes as the topic of financial issues. Therefore, its teaching requires new approaches that would dynamically respond to the current situation. This…
Descriptors: Money Management, Preservice Teachers, Instructional Materials, Teacher Education Programs
Using Dynamic Geometry and Computer Algebra Systems in Problem Based Courses for Future Engineers
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Tomiczková, Svetlana; Lávicka, Miroslav – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2015
It is a modern trend today when formulating the curriculum of a geometric course at the technical universities to start from a real-life problem originated in technical praxis and subsequently to define which geometric theories and which skills are necessary for its solving. Nowadays, interactive and dynamic geometry software plays a more and more…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, Geometry, Algebra
Properties and Applications of Wrong Answers in Online Educational Systems
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Pelánek, Radek; Rihák, Ji?rí – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
In online educational systems we can easily collect and analyze extensive data about student learning. Current practice, however, focuses only on some aspects of these data, particularly on correctness of students answers. When a student answers incorrectly, the submitted wrong answer can give us valuable information. We provide an overview of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Systems, Geography, Anatomy
Teaching of Multimedia Presentation Creation
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Nagyová, Ingrid; Turcáni, Milan – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2008
Multimedia presentation has its well-founded place in classwork and in the teaching process itself. Multimedia enables teachers to speak to their pupils and students through pictures and sounds. Computer presentation accompanies the teacher in the teaching process that thus becomes more comprehensive, well-considered and effective. In addition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Preservice Teachers, Educational Practices
On One Unusual Method of Computation of Limits of Rational Functions in the Program Mathematica[R]
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Hora, Jaroslav; Pech, Pavel – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2005
Computing limits of functions is a traditional part of mathematical analysis which is very difficult for students. Now an algorithm for the elimination of quantifiers in the field of real numbers is implemented in the program Mathematica. This offers a non-traditional view on this classical theme. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Mathematics, Computation, Mathematics Education, Computer Software
Digitization of Manuscripts in the National Library of the Czech Republic.
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Psohlavec, Stanislav – Microform and Imaging Review, 1998
Considers the relationship of the quality of images with the needs of users of digitized manuscripts. Highlights include goals of digitization; for whom to digitize; experiences of the National Library of the Czech Republic digitizing and providing electronic access to historical documents; preparation of manuscript descriptions; usability of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Internet