C A S - research

The Vienna International School and Melbourne University are currently engaged in a joint research project assessing the effects of teaching with computer algebra systems on average 9th grade students' algebraic manipulative skills and symbolic sense.

This is a much-needed venture in order to validate the integration of advanced technology into the classroom curricula.

The formal research design will be posted here soon.

Watch this area for updates on this timely project.

first student conference

On Saturday, March 12^th, 2005 VIS held its first Student CAS Mini-Workshop in order to introduce IB students to the power of the CAS software DERIVE 6 for use in IB internal assessment.

There were student presentations included in this workshop. It was geared toward grade 11 students, and our hope is that next year VIS will host the first international schools’ IB students’ workshop and conference.

It was impressive indeed that on this cold damp morning 6l out of 67 11^th graders voluntarily found their way to school to learn about computer algebra systems...

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