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This paper presents a collection of software projects that have been used as tools in teaching mathematics, and an analysis of their use in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. Today teachers must adapt their strategies to a new way of teaching, for which various programs are being used as complementary tools for teaching_various subjects and thus improving students' academic performance. Among the subjects chosen to implement new teaching techniques is mathematics, which is considered one of the most challenging subjects for students. The aim is to encourage and facilitate the learning of mathematics.
Keywords: Learning, Mathematics, Software, Students, Teaching, Tools.
1. Introduction
Currently technology is an indispensable part of people's daily lives and many technological advances are emerging that in some way enhance our quality of life, facilitating tasks that may otherwise prove difficult. Children and adolescents in the more developed regions interact daily with new communication systems (TV, electronic games, etc.), using them naturally and socializing via their codes, cognitive forms and values [1].
In the field of education new technologies are beginning to play a very important role in the teaching-learning process, so teachers need to be innovative in the tools they use when teaching.
Today computers and tablets are widely used in schools and universities in developed countries and are being rapidly introduced in the classrooms of developing countries. Many learning tools for computers or for tablets have been created: from educational games to support software for the teacher [2], however because there are still teachers who do not yet use technology as a method in their daily teaching, new studies have been conducted to show teachers more modern ways of teaching using technology. An example of this is a piece of research presented by [3], in which a two block questionnaire is proposed and its results suggest that computer-assisted teaching does not itself alter the teaching-learning model of teachers but is adapted to the model maintained by professors. However there is some data that indicates significant changes in the opinions of teachers after they have had a limited experience of teaching at a computer laboratory [3].
New technologies have undoubtedly brought huge benefits for teaching, but at the same time, teachers have a greater responsibility because they must be...