The Fifth International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT 5)
will be held at the University of Klagenfurt; Aug 6-9, 2001.
Within this conference a number of special groups and working groups are organized.

Schedule and abstracts

• Philosophy:

There is little agreement internationally about what should constitute the geometrical part of either the school, college or university mathematics curriculum. In many countries the trend has been away from the abstract axiomatic and formal approaches adopted in the middle of the 20^th Century. So what is the rationale for geometry in the curriculum for the 21^st Century? To some extent this must depend on what geometry is teachable to modern students. Here progress in computer software for geometry has a significant role to play. The community needs to know what exists, how it is used, how effective it is, what is being developed, and what could be developed. The aim of this special group is to exchange this kind of information and to collate it in a form which should help inform decision makers as well as providing a useful point of reference for all concerned with improving teaching and learning.  

• Special Group Activity:

By "DGS" we mean any computer based tool with which a learner can interact dynamically to explore geometric representations. Contributions are invited which have either a technical or an educational focus or both. Contributions will be welcomed from developers of such software tools, including Java applets and web-based materials as well as software packages for 2D, 3D and nD Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries. Contributions will also be welcomed from researchers who have conducted studies on the use of such tools to support learning in geometry by e.g. school pupils, undergraduate students, trainee teachers and teachers in post. Where possible information about the impact (actual or planned) on curriculum development should be provided. 

• Call for Papers:

We would like to encourage all those concerned with the educational use of informatics (known also as IT, or ICT) to enhance the teaching and learning of geometry to submit papers describing their work and analysing its outcomes. Presentations will be particularly welcome which provide practical demonstrations of the software together with examples of its educational use.  

• Paper Submission:

Please submit papers on any aspect of DGS, in English, to the chair via an email attachment to - see http://www2.ifi.uni-klu.ac.at/ictmt5/d_call/2info/ and http://www2.ifi.uni-klu.ac.at/ictmt5/d_call/3form/

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Schedule and abstracts