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MathE - improve mathematical skills in higher education
No full textA variedade de recursos tecnológicos disponíveis para fins educacionais, cuja utilidade é confirmada por estudos e experiências científicas é, atualmente, bastante grande e está em crescimento contínuo e experiências/estudos científicos confirmam consistentemente a utilidade de tais recursos. No entanto, ainda há uma falta de qualificação formal em competências digitais na formação do corpo docente. Até agora, muitas
instituições de ensino superior europeias estabeleceram sistemas de gestão de aprendizagem, mas tais istemas são implementados de forma elementar (por exemplo, fazendo apenas o upload de arquivos PDF). Ao mesmo tempo, espera-se que instituições de ensino superior em toda a Europa tenham em consideração as inovações tecnológicas relacionadas com a implementação de novos modelos pedagógicos e instituam enários como os Recursos Educacionais Abertos (OER) ou os Cursos Online Massivos Abertos (MOOCs).
Observa-se que frequentemente, no ensino superior, os alunos de disciplinas científicas fundamentais não têm as competências matemáticas básicas para acompanhar as aulas nem para rentabilizar os recursos e conhecimento disponibilizado. É necessário identificar as lacunas na compreensão dos conceitos por parte de cada um dos alunos bem como oferecer aos professores recursos adequados para trabalhar e aumentar a
motivação dos estudantes, fornecendo-lhes as competências que eles não estão a conseguir adquirir. O objetivo principal do projeto MathE – Improve Math Skills in Higher Education é conceber e implementar ateriais pedagógicos utilizáveis em suportes digitais, com o objetivo de promover uma cultura colaborativa entre estudantes de cursos sustentados numa formação sólida na área científica da Matemática.
Tendo em conta a crescente necessidade de sintonia com o rápido desenvolvimento do universo digital, no âmbito do MathE, criar-se-á uma biblioteca matemática online, em que se disponibilizarão vídeos, aulas,
exercícios, testes de treino e outros recursos, disponíveis gratuitamente para professores e alunos, bem como uma base de dados estruturada de métodos e recursos TEL - Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning - que apoiem os professores na descoberta de novos modelos, soluções e boas práticas aplicáveis nas aulas.
O MathE promoverá ferramentas que permitam a aquisição de conhecimento matemático, na sala de aula e fora dela, respeitando o timing e o ritmo individual dos alunos e promoverá o debate entre professores e alunos, contribuindo assim para o aumento do empenho e comprometimento de professores e alunos no aprofundamento dos seus conhecimentos de Matemática.
A nível europeu, o projeto dará um forte contributo para a modernização do sistema de ensino superior no que diz respeito à aquisição de competências matemáticas e o seu modelo pode ser adaptado a outros tipos de instituições educativas (por exemplo, escolas secundárias) para conceber bases de dados semelhantes para os seus alunos. O consórcio MathE pode ser um parceiro útil na implementação de modelos semelhantes nessas escolas.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Developing tools for the e-learning platform mathE
No full textMathE (mathe.pixel-online.org) is an e-learning platform for higher education developed and implemented by a consortium of seven institutional partners from five European countries. The aim of the project is to enhance the quality of teaching and improve pedagogies and assessment methods by facilitating the identification of students’ gaps in Math, providing appropriate digital tools and promoting self-evaluation with immediate feedback. The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), in Portugal, is one of the consortium members: sixteen of its teachers collaborate in the development of this platform, being responsible for thirteen of the topics/subtopics in which the platform is structured. Such topics cover a wide range of contents, from linear transformations to integration, from graph theory to probabilities. The articulation of the topics of the MathE collection corresponds to the canonic mathematics content of engineering, business and education degrees. The MathE platform is organized into three main sections: Student´s Assessment, MathE Library and Community of Practice. So far, IPB has already developed a collection of around 800 questions for the student´s assessment section and is currently developing the MathE Library. More than 350 students from IPB are using the MathE platform; some offered as volunteers, whose role is testing the behavior of the platform as well as looking for bugs and other details that require improvement, while others are already using the platform in their study. The feedback received up until now is quite encouraging.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Developing tools for the e-learning platform mathE
No full textMathE (mathe.pixel-online.org) is an e-learning platform for higher education developed and implemented by a consortium of seven institutional partners from five European countries. The aim of the project is to enhance the quality of teaching and improve pedagogies and assessment methods by facilitating the identification of students’ gaps in Math, providing appropriate digital tools and promoting self-evaluation with immediate feedback. The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), in Portugal, is one of the consortium members: sixteen of its teachers collaborate in the development of this platform, being responsible for thirteen of the topics/subtopics in which the platform is structured. Such topics cover a wide range of contents, from linear transformations to integration, from graph theory to probabilities. The articulation of the topics of the MathE collection corresponds to the canonic mathematics content of engineering, business and education degrees. The MathE platform is organized into three main sections: Student´s Assessment, MathE Library and Community of Practice. So far, IPB has already developed a collection of around 800 questions for the student´s assessment section and is currently developing the MathE Library. More than 350 students from IPB are using the MathE platform; some offered as volunteers, whose role is testing the behavior of the platform as well as looking for bugs and other details that require improvement, while others are already using the platform in their study. The feedback received up until now is quite encouraging.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Stephen Mathe
No full textSpringfield College student Stephen Mathe poses for a photo while holding a dog in front of him
Contributions to the learning in linear algebra: an experience with the MathE platform
No full textThe current pandemic context has highlighted the importance of looking for technological alternatives
that contribute for students to achieve greater autonomy in their learning. In particular, in the field of
mathematics in higher education, it is urgent to find technological instruments that mediate learning,
such as interactive content or online platforms.
The MathE platform (https://mathe.pixel-online.org), still under development, aims to be a tool to
facilitate the acquisition of mathematical skills in the field of higher education. Its main resources are
the Self Need Assessment, Final Assessment, Material Didactic and Video Collection and are freely
available for students and teachers. It was precisely the resource “Self Need Assessment”, that served
as the basis for a study with 84 students who attended the course unit of Linear Algebra and Analytical
Geometry, as part of the 1st year of a Bachelor in engineering or technology in portuguese higher
education. They solved some tasks of self-assessment on Vector Spaces and Linear Transformations,
and finally answered a questionnaire in which they expressed their opinion of the platform.
We intend to present the MathE platform and, based on the perceptions/opinions of students and
teachers involved in the experiments carried out, analyse its potential for the promoting the teaching of
linear algebra.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Contributions to the learning in Linear Algebra: an experience with the MathE platform
No full textThe current pandemic context has highlighted the importance of looking for technological alternatives that contribute to students having more autonomy in their learning. As the teaching of mathematics in higher education must also accompany this reality, we believe that the use of the MathE platform can be an asset in the teaching and learning process of this area, both in the classroom or online environment and self-study.
The MathE platform (https://mathe.pixel-online.org) emerged as the product of a project, funded by the European Commission through the Portuguese National Agency for the Erasmus + Programme, whose main objective is to help students in higher education to improve your math skills and knowledge. In this sense, with the support of a community of teachers from various European institutions, it intends to make a set of resources free of charge for the academic communities, such as, videos/documents on specific topics or on solving tasks, sets of questions of multiple choice, for self-assessment by students or for teachers to take assessment tests.
Currently the platform encompasses 15 domains of mathematics, some of which with subtopics. For example, the topic Linear Algebra involves, among others, the subtopics Vector Spaces and Linear Transformations. It was precisely the resource “Self Need Assessment”, available in these subthemes, that served as the basis for a study in which it was intended to listen to the students' opinion about the potential of this platform functionality for their learning.
In summary, 84 students who attended the course unit of Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry, as part of the 1st year of a bachelor in engineering or technology in Portuguese higher education, solved some tasks of self-assessment on Vector Spaces and Linear Transformations. They also answered a questionnaire in which they expressed their opinion on the platform, with emphasis on the self-assessment component.
Thus, we intend to present the MathE platform and, based on the perceptions/opinions of students and teachers involved in the experiments carried out, analyse its potential for the promoting the teaching of linear algebra.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Integration Techniques - MathE
No full textThis repository contains a database of questions on Integration Techniques, part of the MathE project (https://mathe.ipb.pt/), a mathematics teaching platform that offers personalized and dynamic learning paths for each student. The platform has 1849 students distributed across 72 universities in 27 countries, and has a total of 1874 questions registered, covering various topics and subtopics that cover the entire range of higher education content.
The database consists of questions and supporting materials, such as links to videos and PDF files, with the aim of facilitating the learning process. This set of information can be used both for training Large Language Model (LLM) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), as well as for advances in the development of intelligent and adaptive platforms
Mathe : um tipo para texto com suporte matemático
No full textMonografia (graduação)—Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Desenho Industrial, 2015.Mathe — do grego “Mάθημα” (conhecimento, estudo ou aprendizado) — é uma família de fontes tipográficas para texto com suporte à escrita matemática. Este relatório apresenta a criação de Mathe em duas grandes seções: pesquisa e desenvolvimento. Através das pesquisas realizadas é possível verificar diversos problemas tipográficos no contexto da educação básica e dos livros didáticos. Mathe foi desenvolvida para atender a essas demandas e beneficiar professores, pesquisadores e alunos, sendo um passo importante na criação de novas fontes com suporte matemático.Mathe — from Greek “Mάθημα” (knowledge, study or learning) — is a text typeface with mathematical writing support. This report shows the creation of Mathe on two sections: research and development. Through the researches made one can verify different typographical problems in the context of basic education and schoolbooks. Mathe was developed to serve these needs and to benefit teachers, researches and students, by being an important step on the creation of new math fonts
MathE: a different approach to learn
No full textThe variety of useful technologies available for educational purposes is increasing and scientific studies confirm the usefulness of these resources. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of formal qualification in digital skills within faculty training. Up to now, higher education institutions (HEI) over Europe are expected to take into account innovative technologies and scenarios such as Open Educational Resources (OER) or Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). The main goal of MathE - Improve Math skills in Higher Education is to encourage training and exchange in order to enhance the quality of teaching and, in particular, to support the use of digital technologies and online transmission to improve pedagogies and assessment methods; MathE also aims to set up transnational teacher training courses and strengthen cooperation between teacher training institutions. The specific objectives of MathE are: to facilitate the identification of students’ gaps in the knowledge of maths in order to e ectively attend their higher education courses; to provide math teachers with the necessary digital teaching sources that allow them to help their students to overcome existing gaps; to enhance a transnational sharing of innovative teaching sources, tools and strategies in the field of mathematics teaching and learning at higher education level. The project is addressed to: maths lecturers - to provide them with TEL (technology-enhanced learning) based sources and strategies to help their first-year students to overcome knowledge gaps; maths students at the university level - to increase their engagement, motivation and sense of being.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
MathE: a different approach to learn
No full textThe variety of useful technologies available for educational purposes is increasing and scientific studies confirm the usefulness of these resources. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of formal qualification in digital skills within faculty training. Up to now, higher education institutions (HEI) over Europe are expected to take into account innovative technologies and scenarios such as Open Educational Resources (OER) or Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). The main goal of MathE - Improve Math skills in Higher Education is to encourage training and exchange in order to enhance the quality of teaching and, in particular, to support the use of digital technologies and online transmission to improve pedagogies and assessment methods; MathE also aims to set up transnational teacher training courses and strengthen cooperation between teacher training institutions. The specific objectives of MathE are: to facilitate the identification of students’ gaps in the knowledge of maths in order to e ectively attend their higher education courses; to provide math teachers with the necessary digital teaching sources that allow them to help their students to overcome existing gaps; to enhance a transnational sharing of innovative teaching sources, tools and strategies in the field of mathematics teaching and learning at higher education level. The project is addressed to: maths lecturers - to provide them with TEL (technology-enhanced learning) based sources and strategies to help their first-year students to overcome knowledge gaps; maths students at the university level - to increase their engagement, motivation and sense of being.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
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