Abstract
Student activities focused on discovering mathematics play an important role in the teaching and learning process. WebMathematics Interactive (WMI2) was developed to offer a fast and user-friendly on-line web interface to enhance the quality of both theoretical and applied mathematics courses. For the teacher, in the classroom, it provides immediate numerical computations, algebraic manipulations and graphical representations. For our students, WMI2 provides a unique classroom experience in their own Hungarian language that generates various mathematical representations. At home our students have a support system to help them explore mathematical concepts, test their mathematical knowledge and to assist them in their problem solving. WMI2 has been under continuous development since 2002 and has been in classroom use since 2007. It is freely available in 10 languages.
Acknowledgements
The WMI2 project is partially supported by the Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation programme (HU-SRB/0901/221/088, co-financed by the European Union) and the Free Software Foundation, Hungary (FSF.hu). Special thanks to Eric Muller, Csaba Sárvári and Róbert Vajda for their great help in preparing the final version of this article.
Notes
Note
1. Its syntax can be described in not more than 10 sentences, for details see http://wmi.math.u-szeged.hu/mediawiki/index.php/Matek.hu#10_mondatban and http://wmi.math.u-szeged.hu/mediawiki/index.php/Matek.hu#Hasznos_tippek, in Hungarian.