The Design Of Teacher Assistance Tools In An Exploratory Learning Environment For Mathematics Generalisation

The MiGen project is designing and developing an intelligent, exploratory environment to support 11-14-year-old students in their learning of algebraic generalisation. Deployed within the classroom, the system is also providing tools to assist teachers in monitoring students' activities and progress. This paper describes the architectural design of these Teacher Assistance tools and gives a detailed description of one such tool, focussing in particular on the technologies and approaches chosen to implement the necessary functionality given the context of the project.