Formula Collection Mobile Apps Realized by Teachers
Abstract:
Formula collections are books used in several European
countries to support the practice of mathematics of by its learners
and later by its practitioners. They are compendia of mathematical
formulæ that students employ during their studies, and which may be of
use in later professional life. This research explores the
opportunity of bringing the formula collection to the mobile phones of
the school students. It is motivated by the fact that the formula
collection may be one of the rare objects that pupils may refer to
later in their lives, when mathematical knowledge needs to be
recalled. Making it a mobile phone app makes it a zero weight object
which is in easy reach. Technically, this app is realized by a set of
HTML files compiled into a mobile application. This makes the formula
collection a first class citizen that students can easily access.
More importantly, this makes it an artifact that teachers can create
themselves instead of relying on a publisher: using their notations
and their selected content. The centerpoint of this research is to
enable teachers in creating and delivering such an app to the mobile
devices of their students.
Published:
Proceedings of MathUI 2014 Workshop, online