9-13 June 2013
Koper, Slovenia
UTC timezone
Promises of Computer-Theorem-Prover technology for education
Presented by Dr. Walther NEUPER
Type: Oral presentation
Track: Proving in Mathematics Education at University and at School
Content
Computer Theorem Provers (TP) are becoming ready for industrial use --
and raise demands to educate engineers in "Formal Methods", based on
mechanised mathematics, modeling and proving. This demand calls for
rethinking mathematics education in general -- and for adapting TPs to
educational requirements. Particular educational requirements are:
(1) check user input automatically, flexibly and reliably
-- TPs are made for proving, and input establishes a proof situation
(2) give exhaustive explanations on request by learners
-- knowledge underlying TPs is human readable (not program code)
(3) propose a next step if learners get stuck
-- the greatest challenge for TPs.
This talk will relate several TP-based systems to these three
requirements and thus give examples for discussion: What are further
requirements from education to TP technology? How can TP-based
education in proving narrow the gap between high-school math and
academic math?
Place
Location: Koper, Slovenia