> From: Kip Murray > > Very elementary stuff: Integrated Use Environment (IUE). What kind of > environment would suit the teacher and students in a class where J is > used as a > programmable graphing calculator? > > I imagine a two-pane environment with a note in the top pane: "Enter > and edit > definitions here. Type 'load definitions' in the execution window > below to make > them available for use there." The default would be a "loud load:" > loaded items > are echoed in the execution window. There, to discourage student > "fudging", > only the command being entered would be editable. (Homework, even > tests, can > include printouts of parts of the execution window. Ease of getting > such > printouts is important.) > > These items are far down the road: remember to keep them possible. > Moreover, > the whole approach imagined above may be out of date. Some kind of > Definition, > Data, Answer, Save, Print form layout may be devised that would work > well for > many end users. >
The proposed browser interface may be useful for this type of scenario. Especially if the images generated by plot, viewmat etc. could be incorporated in/alongside the session output/log in the browser window. Such a setup would probably have a lot of benefits over standalone installations both in terms of system management as well as tracking student progress. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
