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Software/Open-tools
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Description
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Dymanic Maths Series
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This series has six titles that is locally
produced software and can really booast of a friendly user interface.
Good animation and graphics keep students interested and they often
like to come back for more. Its contents are cover our syllabus adequately
and teaching methods are familar to students. |
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Geometer's
Sketchpad & JavaSketchpad *
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Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) is a popular
and well-known software that has been around for years. Its compact
program fits into two 1.44" diskette. GSP uses the principle
of dynamic geometry to plot points, lines and curves while tracking
their mathematical relationships. GSP has an even more dynamic version
called JavaSketchpad which is a relatively new program that enables
user interaction with online GSP sketches. |
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LiveMath
(formerly known as MathView) *
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This computer algebra system allows users
to manipulate mathematical equations and expressions algebraically.
It is capable of factorisation, differentiation and integration, being
highly interactive it is good for use on the Internet especially for
interactive online lessons. |
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Scientific
Notebook *
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A dynamic suite of interactive tools for
publishing, graphing and calculating. It is part of the package comprising
Scientific Workplace, Scientific Word and
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Graphmatica*
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Able to fit into one 1.44" diskette,
this algebraic equation grapher can be used to plot curves involving
extensive mathematical functions. |
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TesselMania!
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A software that makes tessellations from
tiles that you can create yourselves. Alternatively, you can tessellate
the colourful designs that come with the program. |
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* Acknowledgements to Jaesson Yeo and Joseph Yeo B.W of ACS(I) for their
work in compiling the list which is partially reproduced here. There are
some additions and amendments made.