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Title:
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EXPLORING STUDENTS' COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
FOR MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING:
A CASE STUDY |
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Author(s):
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Nils Kristian Hansen and Said Hadjerrouit |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-33-7 |
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Editors:
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Demetrios G. Sampson, Dirk Ifenthaler and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2021 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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251 |
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Last Page:
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260 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate students' engagement in computational thinking (CT) and programming with
MATLAB when solving a mathematical task in a programming course at the undergraduate level. The data collection
method is participant observation of three groups of three students presented with a mathematical task to solve. The study
uses a deductive-inductive analysis strategy based on the interplay between the theoretical framework and the empirical
data. The results reveal that engaging students in CT for mathematical problem-solving is challenging for many reasons:
Lack of mathematical thinking (MT), insufficient experience with CT, and more importantly lack of deeper connection
between CT and MT. Conclusions are drawn from the results to promote mathematical problem-solving by means of CT
and MT at the undergraduate level. |
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