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Sherin, Bruce L. – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2001
Considers some of the implications of replacing, for the purposes of physics instruction, algebraic notation with programming language. Introduces a framework based on two theoretical constructs. Concludes that algebra-physics can be characterized as the physics of balance and equilibrium and programming-physics as the physics of processes and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Physics, Programming Languages, Schemata (Cognition)