REINFORCEMENT OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING ALGEBRAIC, GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS COURSES USING COMPUTATIONAL AIDS

The present work is dedicated to evidence the importance of the new technologies to develop better teaching courses for the student of mathematic courses on high schools. The use of tutorials, graphical, visual and interactive presentations has become a powerful tool for teachers who teach math courses in high schools in Mexico. When computer aids were formally incorporated in classrooms in 90s an increment on the student’s performance was observed. Although the understanding of math topics improved; nowadays the student’s performance seems remaining in a stationary period; moreover the students tends to forget many concepts quickly especially if they do not continue practicing. Thus the improvement of the teaching-learning process continues being a priority need especially for engineering students. Then some suggestions such as the student’s participation in classroom and the increment on thinking time to improve this process on math courses is exposed.