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Goldenberg, E. Paul; Carter, Cynthia J.; Mark, June; Reed, Kristen; Spencer, Deborah; Coleman, Kate – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2021
This article reports on an exploration of how second-graders can learn mathematics through programming. We started from the theory that a suitably designed programming language can serve children as a language for expressing and experimenting with mathematical ideas and processes in order to do mathematics and thereby, with appropriate tasks and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Elementary School Mathematics, Programming
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Stigberg, Henrik; Stigberg, Susanne – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
Programming and computational thinking have emerged as compulsory skills in elementary school education. In 2018, Sweden has integrated programming in mathematics education with the rationale that it fosters problem solving and logical thinking skills and motivates students to learn mathematics. We investigated how teachers introduce programming…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming, Computation, Mathematics Instruction