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• Models of impulsive phenomena: experiences with writing an interactive textbook

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  János Karsai

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  "Take the textbook to computer" – is said quite often. Would it be so easy? If we start such a work, we meet a lot of trouble very soon. A book stored on a CD, read on the screen of computer and containing some hyperlinks does not become automatically electronic textbook. There are difficulties also in writing merely an electronic attachment to a classical book. In this paper, we deal with some important features (actually important from our point of view) of interactive mathematics textbooks, arising mathematical, didactical and technical problems. The "principles" are illustrated with examples taken from the book-CD "Models of Impulsive Phenomena".

• Teaching graph algorithms with Visage

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  Andreas Fest

  Ulrich Kortenkamp

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  Combinatorial optimization is a substantial pool for teaching authentic mathematics. Studying topics in combinatorial optimization practice different mathematical skills, and because of this have been integrated into the new Berlin curriculum for secondary schools. In addition, teachers are encouraged to use adequate teaching software. The presented software package "Visage" is a visualization tool for graph algorithms. Using the intuitive user interface of an interactive geometry system (Cinderella), graphs and networks can be drawn very easily and different textbook algorithms can be visualized on the graphs. An authoring tool for interactive worksheets and the usage of the build-in programming interface offer new ways for teaching graphs and algorithms in a classroom.