Experience in Interactive Services, Computer Games and Specialized Software Applied in Teaching Mathematics

The authors summarize their experience in using current information technologies in teaching mathematics at a technical university. To succeed in mastering vocational subjects, first-year students need to learn the basics of differential and integral calculus. But the special research methods used in the course, such as infinitesimal calculus and the passage to the limit, require high conception thinking to develop, so many students cannot cope with the subject. To overcome this difficulty, in the authors' opinion, it is appropriate to use the opportunities of current teaching technologies (information and communication technologies) when having mathematics classes. The paper provides examples of learning computer games that the authors use to support teaching and learning processes, LearningApps.org web application and Maple computing environment. To carry out the survey, engineering students who are taught at Sholom-Aleichem Priamursky State University and Far Eastern State Transport University are selected. The results of the experiment show a quality progress increase by 15% in the experimental group. Thus, it has been shown by experiment that using interactive technologies in teaching and learning process generates a higher return from education. In addition, a teacher has an opportunity to use the class time more effectively, arrange for personalized and distant educational process.