[Maths-Education] Cabri -3D

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I am planning to host a seminar to look at Nicolas' work on his new 
3D software which is based on Cabri. Have a look at the attachment 
for more details. Please could you let me know if you would be 
interested in attending? The date will be fixed to accommodate those 
who express an interest.

Malcolm Swan

Working with Calques 3D, a microworld for learning spatial geometry

I am hoping to contact and work with a small group of mathematics 
teachers and educational researchers who would like to collaborate 
with me in the evaluation of a computer-based environment that I have 
developed to support learning and visualisation in geometry.

=46or anyone who is familiar with tools such as Geometer's Sketchpad, 
or Cabri-Geometer, my system (Calques 3D) falls into the same family 
but is special in that it supports visualisation in 3 dimensions. For 
those who are not familiar with this family of learning tools, the 
main characteristics is that they enable both teachers and learners 
to manipulate visual images of geometric figures to see how different 
actions and changes in perspective.

I developed Calques 3D as part of my Computer Science Ph.D. in 
=46rance. I worked with two teams of secondary school mathematics 
teachers who helped me to design and develop the system. The main 
objective of this collaborative work was to provide the teachers (as 
final users) with software that would fit their needs and their own 
approaches of teaching spatial geometry. As a result, the software is 
representative of (a part of) the French Curriculum and has required 
some limitation and pruning of the spatial geometry domain.

The teachers used Calques 3D in their classroom, mainly to use it as 
a demonstration or presentation tool by the teacher; Although it is 
possible for students to use the system for guided or free discovery 
activity, we didn't look at this in any detail. Now, I would like to 
work with colleagues to explore how Calques 3D can be adapted for use 
in UK schools and explore pupil's learning in detail. The precise 
questions to be addressed would be defined by the team, but I would 
like to focus on -
=85 About the pedagogical content:
Do the pedagogical contents of Calques 3D, in its current state, 
suitable with an English educational context? What kind of new 
functionalities/features or improvements does it need in order to 
fulfil the requirements induced by this context? Etc.
=85 About the pedagogical use:
How can Calques 3Dbe integrated in the National Curriculum? What kind 
of activities, that are part of this Curriculum, could you actually 
manage with the software? What kind of activities Calques 3D allows 
you to manage more easily or efficiently? What kind of activities 
does it allow you to manage that, in a way or in another, enlarge the 
scope of geometry teaching? Etc.
=85 About the pedagogical outcomes:
As a computer-based learning environment, how do the students 
perceive Calques 3D? Does the software provide them with a more 
efficient way of learning and understanding spatial geometry? What 
are the main differences, in term of learning, motivation, etc., 
between such a computer-based learning environment and a paper-pencil 
environment? Etc.

I would like to organise a meeting where I will demonstrate the 
software, let you play around with it and discuss about the 
evaluation process and how your help would be appreciated.
-- 
Malcolm Swan
School of Education
Jubilee Campus
Nottingham
NG8 1BB
Tel +44 (0) 115 951 4412
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<div><font face=3D"Times" color=3D"#000000">I am planning to host a
seminar to look at Nicolas' work on his new 3D software which is
based on Cabri. Have a look at the attachment for more details.
Please could you let me know if you would be interested in attending?
The date will be fixed to accommodate those who express an
interest.</font></div>
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<div><font face=3D"Times" color=3D"#000000">Malcolm Swan</font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"-4" color=3D"#000000"><b>Working with Calques 3D, a
microworld for learning spatial geometry<br>
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</b></font><font size=3D"-1" color=3D"#000000">I am hoping to contact and
work with a small group of mathematics teachers and educational
researchers who would like to collaborate with me in the evaluation
of a computer-based environment that I have developed to support
learning and visualisation in geometry.<br>
<br>
=46or anyone who is familiar with tools such as Geometer's Sketchpad,
or Cabri-Geometer, my system (Calques 3D) falls into the same family
but is special in that it supports visualisation in 3 dimensions. For
those who are not familiar with this family of learning tools, the
main characteristics is that they enable both teachers and learners
to manipulate visual images of geometric figures to see how different
actions and changes in perspective.<br>
<br>
I developed Calques 3D as part of my Computer Science Ph.D. in
=46rance. I worked with two teams of secondary school mathematics
teachers who helped me to design and develop the system. The main
objective of this collaborative work was to provide the teachers (as
final users) with software that would fit their needs and their own
approaches of teaching spatial geometry. As a result, the software is
representative of (a part of) the French Curriculum and has required
some limitation and pruning of the spatial geometry domain.</font><br>
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<div><font size=3D"-1" color=3D"#000000">The teachers used Calques 3D in
their classroom, mainly to use it as a demonstration or presentation
tool by the teacher; Although it is possible for students to use the
system for guided or free discovery activity, we didn't look at
this in any detail. Now, I would like to work with colleagues to
explore how Calques 3D can be adapted for use in UK schools and
explore pupil's learning in detail. The precise questions to be
addressed would be defined by the team, but I would like to focus on
-<br>
<font face=3D"Symbol">=85</font><b> About the pedagogical content:<br>
</b>Do the pedagogical contents of Calques 3D, in its current state,
suitable with an English educational context? What kind of new
functionalities/features or improvements does it need in order to
fulfil the requirements induced by this context? Etc.<br>
<font face=3D"Symbol">=85</font><b> About the pedagogical use:<br>
</b>How can Calques 3Dbe integrated in the National Curriculum? What
kind of activities, that are part of this Curriculum, could you
actually manage with the software? What kind of activities Calques 3D
allows you to manage more easily or efficiently? What kind of
activities does it allow you to manage that, in a way or in another,
enlarge the scope of geometry teaching? Etc.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Symbol" size=3D"-1" color=3D"#000000">=85</font><font
size=3D"-1" color=3D"#000000"><b> About the pedagogical
outcomes:</b></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"-1" color=3D"#000000">As a computer-based learning
environment, how do the students perceive Calques 3D? Does the
software provide them with a more efficient way of learning and
understanding spatial geometry? What are the main differences, in
term of learning, motivation, etc., between such a computer-based
learning environment and a paper-pencil environment? Etc.<br>
<br>
I would like to organise a meeting where I will demonstrate the
software, let you play around with it and discuss about the
evaluation process and how your help would be
appreciated.</font></div>

<div>-- <br>
Malcolm Swan<br>
School of Education<br>
Jubilee Campus<br>
Nottingham<br>
NG8 1BB<br>
Tel +44 (0) 115 951 4412</div>
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