Forms and Means of Information and Communication Support for Students of Mathematics in the Pedagogical Institution of Higher Education

Abstract

The article is devoted to the forms and means of information and communication support for students of mathematics in the pedagogical institution of higher education. The main purpose of the article is to define and characterize the forms and means of information and communication support for teaching mathematics in a pedagogical institution of higher education. To achieve this goal, the authors used the following research methods: analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological sources, government documents on the research topic for theoretical justification of the problem, modeling, synthesis of data. The results. The introduction to this article presents a theoretical analysis of educational technologies, in particular, highlights the «information technology» and defines the essence of this concept. The authors define the pedagogical goals of the use of information technology, as well as provide a classification of pedagogical software. The article highlights and substantiates computer training programs used in higher education institutions in the study of some disciplines, which by their purpose are divided into control (tests, questionnaires, etc.), reference and information (databases, dictionaries), modeling and electronic textbooks. In the process of analysis, the means of information and communication support for teaching mathematics in a pedagogical institution of higher education are identified: computer training and control programs (electronic textbooks, workshops, test systems, simulators), expert systems, electronic libraries, telecommunications, e-mail, teleconferences) and multimedia systems. Conclusions. The authors proved that spreadsheets and integrated mathematical packages can also be widely used in teaching students of mathematical disciplines. Integrated mathematical packages such as Matlab, MathCad, Maple, Mathematica are singled out and briefly described. It is noted that one of the leading types of ICT is computer telecommunications, in the system of mathematics education the use of the following types of computer telecommunications as teleconferencing, e-mail, electronic bulletin board and other Internet capabilities is quite possible. So, modern MultiMedia tools allow you to create a variety of information environments that increase the level of emotional perception of information, and to develop the ability to implement various forms of independent activities for information processing.