Learning Mathematics through Programming: An Instrumental Approach to Potentials and Pitfalls

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Abstract

In this paper we explore the potentials for learning mathematics through programming by a combination of theoretically derived potentials and cases of practical pedagogical work. We propose a model with three interdependent learning potentials as programming which can: (1) help reframe the students as producers of knowledge and artifacts, (2) support abstraction and encapsulation, and (3) promote thinking in algorithms. Programming is a topic that has recently gained interest in primary and lower secondary education levels in various countries, and hence a specific analysis of the potentials in relation to mathematics is paramount. Analyzing two cases, we suggest a number of ways in which didactical attention to epistemic mediation can support learning mathematics.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelCERME9 : Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education
RedaktørerKonrad Krainer, Naďa Vondrová
Antal sider7
UdgivelsesstedPrague, Czech Republic
ForlagCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and ERME
Publikationsdato2015
Sider2524-2530
ISBN (Elektronisk)978-80-7290-844-8
StatusUdgivet - 2015
Begivenhed9th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education - Prague, Tjekkiet
Varighed: 4 feb. 20158 feb. 2015

Konference

Konference9th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education
Land/OmrådeTjekkiet
ByPrague
Periode04/02/201508/02/2015

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