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Publication Date: 2017
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Using Coding to Promote Mathematical Thinking with Year 2 Students: Alignment with the Australian Curriculum
Miller, Jodie; Larkin, Kevin
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (40th, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2017)
In this paper, we present data from a study exploring the use of coding to promote mathematical thinking. A teaching experiment was undertaken with 40 Year 2 students participating in six 45-minute lessons of coding (one lesson per week for six weeks). All lessons were video-recorded and analysed to determine students' mathematical thinking. Insights from the study reveal that coding contexts promoted higher levels of mathematical thinking for Year 2 students including measuring angles, orientation and perspective-taking, and deducing repeating patterns.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Perspective Taking, Video Technology, National Curriculum, Coding, Thinking Skills, Articulation (Education), Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
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Education Level: Elementary Education
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
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