Computer Experiment in Teaching Mathematics

Abstract

Abstract: A mathematical experiment has always been a key source for a mathematical discovery. Over the past 50 years, thanks to digital technologies, its role in mathematical research has grown significantly. Digital technologies have opened up fundamentally new opportunities for experimentation in mathematics education, bringing mathematical education closer to mathematical research for the majority of students. This tendency is especially desirable in the modern world, where it becomes possible thanks to digital technologies. The article discusses the results of the authors’ work over the past decades on the application of a computer mathematical experiment at different levels of school and university education. Particular attention is paid to dynamic geometry environments. The possibilities of using computer algebra systems are also discussed. A project concerning schoolchildren’s work on generalizations of Napoleon’s theorem is considered in detail.