can the web help students succeed? neat networks utep may 5, 1998
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Philosophy
S.O.S. MATHematics is the website of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
at The University of Texas at El Paso, where you can work with materials to help you:
do your homework prepare for a test get ready for class
Philosophy
The material presented here reviews the most important results, techniques and formulas in college and pre-college mathematics.
The learning units are presented in worksheet format and require your active participation! This is
not meant to be a substitute for your classroom instruction or for reading your textbook.
Scope -planned• Pre-College
– Arithmetic/Algebra– Geometry– Trigonometry
• College– Calculus– Matrix Algebra– Differential Equations
Scope • Pre-College
– Arithmetic/Algebra– Trigonometry
• College– Calculus– Differential Equations– Matrix Algebra– Complex Variables
Design• Minimal Requirements
– Internet Browser • Netscape Navigator 2
– No frames– No plug-ins– Accessible with slow computers– Accessible with 28.8 modem
• No excessive graphics, sounds, movies etc.
Design
• Absolute Links versus Relative Links:– Do not use absolute links unless you link
to outside resources!
• CSS Stylesheets– Gives you more control on the layout of
the web page as viewed by the user!
How to Put Math on the Web?
• Mathematics Formulas can still not be displayed by the Common Internet Browsers!
How to Put Math on the Web?
• Viable Alternatives in 1996:– Microsoft Word’s Equation Editor
• Pro: Easy conversion• Con: Buggy, text-formula alignment pretty
bad
– LaTeX2HTML• Pro: LaTeX based, Looks good, can do any
math formula• Con: Complicated process, slow conversion,
inconvenient for the content producer
How to Put Math on the Web?
• More Alternatives in 1998:– TeX Explorer (IBM)
• Pro: fast display, looks good, LaTeX based• Con: needs plug-in, still under
development, content developer dependent on company strategies
How to Put Math on the Web?
• Math Markup Language (MathML) has been accepted by W3C as the web standard.– Standard Plug-ins and Translators
should become available.
Funding
• Release Time for Faculty• Equipment
• WWW Server, PCs, Software
• Funds for Student Assistants
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