Ziggy: Very Interactive Trigonometry

Anjo Anjewierden; Ellen T. Kamp; Ton de Jong

Ziggy: Very Interactive Trigonometry

Anjo Anjewierden, Ellen T. Kamp, Ton de Jong

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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In this paper we describe a highly interactive touch-based application to teach the basics of trigonometry to secondary school students. The application, called Ziggy, lets students “touch” and “push” triangles, dynamically modifying the shape and size, and observe the effect on the angles, sides and the trigonometric ratios. We describe the pedagogical rationale behind Ziggy, the user interface and provide details on the implementation. An early version of Ziggy has been tested in small-scale experiments in the classroom.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CICM-WS-WiP 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Workshops and Work in Progress at CICM 2013
Editors	Christoph Lange, David Aspinall, Jacques Carette
Publisher	CEUR
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2013
Event	Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics, CICM 2013 - University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Jul 2013 → 10 Jul 2013

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Conference	Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics, CICM 2013
Abbreviated title	CICM
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Bath
Period	9/07/13 → 10/07/13

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