Student’s autonomous learning and tools for teachers by means of the use of GeoGebra. Mathematics I and II subjects of the degrees in ADE and ECO of the University of Barcelona

Abstract

The objective of our project has been to improve the teaching in mathematics subjects of the degrees in Economics (ECO) and Business management (ADE) by incorporating the GeoGebra free software. The project started when university degrees were being implemented. At that time, we realized that we could no longer use the Derive software because the practical lectures in the computer rooms were cancelled and only the teacher's computer attached to a projector remained. On the top of that, the time devoted to lectures was reduced. Under those constraints, we thought that the ability of GeoGebra to give functions and vectors life could help us in explaining the theoretical concepts of the mathematics subjects in an appealing and intuitive manner. We have created several applets for the subjects Mathematics I and Mathematics II of the degrees in ECO and ADE. Thanks to the Moodle platform we have been able to put these applets at students’ and teachers’ disposal.