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Lockwood, Elise; De Chenne, Adaline – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2020
Computational activity is increasingly relevant in education and society, and researchers have investigated its role in students' mathematical thinking and activity. More work is needed within mathematics education to explore ways in which computational activity might afford development of mathematical practices. In this paper, we specifically…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computation, Problem Solving, Programming
Goldenson, Dennis – 1996
The assertion that "higher order" thinking skills can be improved by learning to program computers is not a new one. The idea endures even though the empirical evidence over the years has been mixed at best. In fact, there is no reason to expect that all programming courses will have identical, or even similar, effects. Such courses typically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Software, Computers