Resumen de Exploratory Objects and Microworlds in university mathematics.
Neil Marshall, Chantal Buteau, Eric Muller
This article is centred in university mathematics education. It reports the results of an extension to a research literature study identifying the competencies that mathematics majors acquire as they learn mathematics within the context of designing, programming and using Exploratory Objects, a requirement in a core mathematics programme called Mathematics Integrated with Computers and Applications (MICA) at Brock University. Some of the identified competencies are used to ascertain parallels between Exploratory Objects and Microworlds. The MICA programme was instituted in 2001 and it remains a core programme for mathematics majors. This study suggests that the research on Exploratory Objects can benefit from the rich knowledge about Microworlds, and reversely the Microworld community could benefit from research on the sustained, systemic implementation of MICA.
