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Diamond, Harvey – PRIMUS, 2023
This paper presents a series of basic computational problems that are mathematically and/or graphically appealing, and provides an idea of places one might go in trying to understand what is happening, integrating mathematics, computation, and graphics. The real point of this paper is to make a case, through those examples, for computation as an…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computation, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study
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Guzman, Laura Melissa; Pennell, Matthew W.; Nikelski, Ellen; Srivastava, Diane S. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Biostatistics courses are integral to many undergraduate biology programs. Such courses have often been taught using point-and-click software, but these programs are now seldom used by researchers or professional biologists. Instead, biology professionals typically use programming languages, such as R, which are better suited to analyzing complex…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Statistics, Biology, College Science
Yorganci, Serpil – Online Submission, 2006
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of computer-based/assisted teaching method using ISETL [Interactive SET Language] programming language on students' understanding of subgroup and group concepts. The data was collected from a group of students by means of written assessments and clinical interviews. Analysis of student's…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Programming Languages