Implementing Interactive Information Technologies When Learning Integral Calculus in Teaching Further Mathematics

The article observes the effectiveness of various strategies and methods of organizing classes using IT, while studying the section Integration of Further mathematics course. The Fundamental theorem of integral and differential calculus offers 1^st-year students a learning platform to study vocational courses. Many students do not cope with the subject, though. An active use of information technologies available in the educational process enable them refine the course successfully. The students learn certain definitions using original interactive computer games. Individual work is arranged using various applications of LearningApps.org. web service. The students learn geometric applications of integrals via Maple graphical capabilities. The educational experiment was run at Sholom-Aleichem Priamursky State University, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, and Omsk State Technical University. The participants are the students of the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems and Technology, Applied Mathematics and IT. There were 60 students in the control group, whereas there were 65 students in the experimental group. The survey resulted in a qualitative student academic performance in the experimental group larger by 17%. This confirms an assumption that using interactive technologies in the learning process enhances cognitive performance, stimulates students’ self-study, and guides them to acquire real, not by-the-book knowledge.