A Progress Report on an Exploratory Mathematics Course: Incorporating a Programming Component

This paper reports on an ongoing effort to incorporate a programming component into exploratory mathematics courses and analyzes some of the many practical considerations required for successfully managing such a course in large lecture hall classes. Two pedagogical paradigms (top-down and bottom-up...

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Published in:Mathematics and computer education 2004, Vol.38 (1), p.44
Main Authors: Goldberg, Robert, Waxman, Jerry
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Academic Achievement
Algorithms
Basic Skills
Comparative Analysis
Computer programming
Educational Change
Educational Methods
Educational Strategies
Educational Technology
Experiments
Graduate Students
Group Dynamics
Introductory Courses
Lecture Method
Mathematics
Mathematics education
Mathematics Instruction
Nonmajors
Programming
Syntax
Teaching Methods
Translation
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Algorithms
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Educational Technology
Experiments
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Group Dynamics
Introductory Courses
Lecture Method
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Programming
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Teaching Methods
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