Math4U2, Math Exercises for You 2
Math Exercises for You 2 (Math4U2) offers attractive and complex training materials for students and tools for teachers to prepare tests and exams.
Description
Mathematics is one of the pillars of technical and science education. Unfortunately, it is also considered to be one of the main annoyances in education today. This could also be the reason why young people avoid studying STEM disciplines. Attractive and modern online materials for teaching and learning mathematics can improve this situation and increase interest in this beautiful and useful discipline.
The first goal of the Math Exercises for You 2 project was to increase the mathematical competences of secondary school students. It aims to do thisby bringing the educational process of maths to life with engaging, innovative, and interactive materials that would enable students to expand the practice process beyond school and home. With the new material, they can practise on the move (i.e. when travelling on a bus or train). Acquiring mathematical knowledge and skills leads to increased confidence not only in maths but also in other STEM subjects that are built on it. The second goal was to enhance the quality of the teaching process by linking the work of a teacher and students more closely, and for teachers to make tasks easier by preparing interactive or written tests, assessing students, and obtaining data on problematic parts of the curriculum or achievements of individual students and whole classes. The project’s third goal was to provide students and teachers with a great tool to improve their skills in mathematical English and Spanish. So, students will be able to use a variety of English and Spanish study materials, participate in international events, and gain a base for studying abroad. Multilingual materials also help integrate international students into a class.
Basic information
Coordinator
Partners
- Grammar School, Ostrava-Hrabůvka (Ostrava, Czechia)
- Grammar School of Otto Wichterle (Ostrava, Czechia)
- Grammar school Hladnov and state language school (Ostrava, Czechia)
- Grammar School of Viliam Pauliny-Tóth (Martin, Slovakia)
- Grammar School of Anton Bernolák (Námestovo, Slovakia)
- Zespół Szkół w Lipnicy Wielkiej (The association of schools in Lipnica Wielka) (Lipnica Wielka, Poland)
- CEFIRE CTEM, Consellería Educación, Investigación, Cultura y Deporte (Valencia, Spain)
Programme
Erasmus+ (programme-erasmus-plus)
Project Acronym
Target groups
secondary school students, teachers
Topic
Maths, Education
Start year
2019
End year
2022
Contact person
Petr Beremlijski petr.beremlijski(at)vsb.cz
The Math4U2 project is not focused on research.
Papers
The http://math4u.vsb.cz/ portal is divided into three main sections: Student, Teacher, and Class. What is common for all three parts of the website? Firstly, the secondary maths curriculum is divided into 12 topics. Secondly, all parts of the portal and all applications are available in five languages: English, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, and Polish.
The main outputs of the project are:
- The Math4Student Easy app allows students to practise secondary school mathematics. A student selects a language, topic, subtopic, section, and a number of questions and gets an interactive test. The app works with a database of 2 000 ‘easy’ multiple-choice questions. These can be solved mentally without pen and paper. With the app, students can practise anywhere and any time (e.g. on the way to school).
- The new Math4Teacher app allows teachers to create PDF or HTML tests in two variants (A and B). For this purpose, 800 twin-question pairs were created. A teacher selects questions for the first variant of the test from the twin database, while the second variant is generated automatically.
- The Test4U app is functionally linked to Math4Teacher, and together they form a bridge that connects the work of students and teachers. A teacher creates tailored tests by selecting from a database of 5 900 questions and obtains a test with a unique code. Students use the Test4U app and the code to access the test. After completing the test, the teacher receives success statistics for each question and student.