Studying Virtual Math Teams

Beginning in 2002, a group of researchers and online-math-education-service providers began the Virtual Math Teams (VMT) Project. The mission of the VMT Project is to provide a new opportunity for students to engage in mathematical discourse. There are three primary goals in this project: 1. As service providers, we want to provide a stimulating online service for use by student teams from around the world. 2. As educational-technology designers, we want to develop an online environment that will effectively foster student mathematical discourse and collaborative knowledge building. 3. As researchers, we want to understand the nature of team interaction during mathematical discourse within this new environment.