Abstract

Is it feasible for middle school students to use component-oriented software for the construction of their own learning resouces? In order to explore the potential of a new technology, a program of guided collaboration between students at Bowen Island near Vancouver Canada and researchers at Simon Fraser University was established. Bridging methodologies were developed to overcome the lack of maturity in the software in order to predict its feasibility as an in-class resource for teaching mathematics.

Keywords constructionism, mathematics education, JavaBeans(TM), collaboration, telelearning, applets, participatory design