Abstract
This paper offers an educational approach connecting hands-on and computer-based activities for exploring
profound mathematical concepts and their applications. The described approach was applied in the final year of
high school lessons in Serbia. During the application we observed that the visual representation of objects in real
and virtual worlds benefits students’ understanding of advanced mathematical concepts. We combined realistic,
origami-made models to investigate calculus applications and modeling in augmented reality with the educational
software GeoGebra.
