This is a new and innovative project of the Faculty of Education at the University of Newcastle. As such, your comments and suggestions would be appreciated concerning ways in which this service may be improved.

If you have not used a web browser application before, you will find that it is not difficult. Words or phrases which are highlighted (underlined and coloured) are "hot words" and will perform some action when "clicked" - usually to take you to another page, but sometimes to download files, to open other applications (called "helper applications") or even to view images, sound or movies.

If you would like more information about the application you are using now (Netscape), click on the highlighted name now.

This page provides access to a range of useful features, including:

• course information regarding post-graduate studies in mathematics education
• the course EDGS 646 Teaching Mathematics Through a Problem Posing and Problem Solving Approach and
• available software for both Macintosh and DOS/Windows.
• other mathematics education web sites worldwide.
• a range of readings in mathematics education

Throughout the following pages, the symbols below will be used for purposes of navigation and to perform a variety of actions. Watch for them as you explore the various pages available.

Return to this home page.

Download files to the desktop of your computer (either Mac or Windows).

Return to the last page visited.

Move to the next logical page (if this exists).

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Make comments which may be printed or E-mailed. Try it now.

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View a quicktime video clip.
Try it now to see the effect of adding a constant to a function.