Geogebra for Pre Service Mathematics Teachers

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Geogebra for Pre Service Mathematics Teachers

• Dr. Olivia GillUniversity of Limerick
• Ireland

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Authors

• Dr. Paddy Johnson, CEMTL, UL
• Mr. Tim Brophy, CEMTL

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Project Maths

• New Mathematics syllabuses at Second Level
  Sept. 2010
• 5 Compulsory Strands
• statistics and probability
• geometry and trigonometry
• number
• algebra
• functions

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Mathematics Education in UL

• Mathematics Pedagogy/ Preparation for Teaching
  Practice
• EM4004 (2nd Year)
• EM4006 (3rd Year)

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EM4006

• 3rd Year Students Qualify 2010
• 36 lectures over one semester
• 4 hour lectures/workshops on GeoGebra
• Assessment
• Essays
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Teaching Portfolio to include at least 1 GeoGebra
  applet

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Sample Applets by Students
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