The Fifth International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT 5)
will be held at the University of Klagenfurt; Aug 6-9, 2001.
It is the plan of the organizers, to structure the submitted more lecture type papers into strands which each have a renowned speaker as a leading "figure".
Moreover, to offer a plenty of discussion and group work, there will be a number of special groups and working groups organized.

For any enquiries relating to this strand, please do not hesitate to contact the chair. If your contribution should fit to this strand, please also contact the chair: bernard.winkelmann@uni-bielefeld.de

Schedule and abstracts

Plenary session: Alison Clark-Jeavons, Rosalyn Hyde:

Developing a technologically rich scheme of work for 11 - 12 year olds
in mathematics for electronic delivery

The strand will be concerned with the following issues:

• criteria for the use of technologically presented educational material;
• designs and methods that are specific to mathematics;
• examples of use, including internet, multi-media and hypertexts;
• experiences, implementation issues;
• questions of assessment and supervision of the students.

Design of hypermedia for mathematics uses the usual elements: texts,hypertext, spoken language, sounds, pictures, videos, diagrams, animations, but most important are interactive elements such as those created during the last two decades as parts of mathematical tool software: interactive texts in CAS, manipulable drawings in DGS, linked representations in function plotters or statistical software, simulations. Many brilliant examples have been demonstrated at the last two ICTMT-conferences, but reflections on proper criteria how to use such tools for specific mathematical teaching aims have not been the focus. Here we encourage developers and analysts not only to describe and present good examples, but also to present their ideas about what makes a good example and what specific considerations are necessary especially for mathematics.

Examples of learning environments for mathematics, sometimes connected with reflections on criteria, were given e.g. at

• ICTMT3: Talks by Lüssem (in German), Mackie, McCabe/Watson, McDill/ Rash/ West, Winkelmann (in German)
• ICTMT4: Talks by Oldknow, Lehmuskero/Pesonen, Habre, Fraunholz, Broman, Alpers, de Varona, McDill, Breen, Weigand.

Schedule and abstracts