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Xiaoheng Yan; Gila Hanna – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2025
As new technological developments continue to change the educational landscape, it is not an exception in the area of proof and proving. This classroom note introduces the use of one of the trending proofs assistants -- the Lean theorem prover. We first provide a technical account of Lean, then exemplify Lean proofs in propositional logic, number…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Mathematical Logic, Validity
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Liang Kong – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic, like past historical events such as the Vietnam War or 9/11, will shape a generation. Mathematics educators can seize this unprecedented opportunity to teach the principles of mathematical modeling in epidemiology. Compartmental epidemiological models, such as the SIR (susceptible-infected-recovered), are widely used by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Advanced Courses, Epidemiology
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Alonso Ogueda-Oliva; Padmanabhan Seshaiyer – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
In this paper, we introduce novel instructional approaches to engage students in using modelling with data to motivate and teach differential equations. Specifically, we introduce a pedagogical framework that will execute instructional modules to teach different solution techniques for differential equations through repositories and notebook…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Learning Modules
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Jila Niknejad; Margaret Bayer – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2025
In Spring 2020, the need for redesigning online assessments to preserve integrity became a priority to many educators. Many of us found methods to proctor examinations using Zoom and proctoring software. Such examinations pose their own issues. To reduce the technical difficulties and cost, many Zoom proctored examination sessions were shortened;…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software
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Olteanu, Constanta – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
This article explores the features of students' reasoning and sense-making when computer programming and mathematics interact, specifically, using the exterior angle concept to make different regular polygons with Scratch as a programming tool. At the end of the 2019 spring term in a public elementary school, data were obtained from a pretest, a…
Descriptors: Programming, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
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Dayal, Vikram – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
Epidemiological models have enhanced relevance because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this note, we emphasize visual tools that can be part of a learning module geared to teaching the SIR epidemiological model, suitable for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students in disciplines where the level of prior mathematical knowledge of…
Descriptors: Biology, Visual Aids, Epidemiology, Science Instruction
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Sangwin, Christopher J.; O'Toole, Claire – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
This paper reports a study which investigated the extent to which undergraduate mathematics students in the United Kingdom are currently taught to programme a computer as a core part of their mathematics degree programme. We undertook an online survey, with significant follow-up correspondence, to gather data on current curricula and received…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Programming, Foreign Countries
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Doehler, Kirsten; Taylor, Laura – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
This article is based on the experiences of two statistics professors who have taught students to write and effectively utilize code-based software in a college-level introductory statistics course. Advantages of using software and code-based software in this context are discussed. Suggestions are made on how to ease students into using code with…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Programming, Coding, Syntax
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Knight, D. G. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
The use of digital elevation models, which represent the surface of the earth by a matrix of heights, has proved an ideal introductory topic for developing both the matrix-handling and computational skills of undergraduate mathematicians. This article looks at the solving of an easily understandable, but not necessarily simple problem: given a…
Descriptors: Algebra, Matrices, Mathematics Education, Maps
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Albano, Giovannina; D'Apice, Ciro; Tomasiello, Stefania – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2002
A Mathematica[TM] package is described that uses simulations and animations to illustrate key concepts in harmonic oscillation and electric circuits for students not majoring in physics or mathematics. Students are not required to know the Mathematica[TM] environment: a user-friendly interface with buttons functionalities and on-line help allows…
Descriptors: Programming, Programming Languages, Energy, Physics
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Blest, David C.; Jamil, Tariq – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2003
Computer operations involving complex numbers, essential in such applications as Fourier transforms or image processing, are normally performed in a "divide-and-conquer" approach dealing separately with real and imaginary parts. A number of proposals have treated complex numbers as a single unit but all have foundered on the problem of the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Numbers, Computation, Computer Uses in Education