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Computational thinking and mathematical modelling
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Type
Book chapter
Citation
Ang, K. C. (2021). Computational thinking and mathematical modelling. In F. K. S. Leung, G. A. Stillman, G. Kaiser, & K. L. Wong (Eds.) Mathematical modelling education in East and West (pp. 19-34). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66996-6_2
Abstract
Computational thinking has been a subject of much discussion in education in recent times and is regarded by educators and policy makers as one of the key skill sets for the future. Many schools have introduced coding and programming to students, sometimes very early in their education years, in a bid to help them develop computational thinking. In this chapter, we explore and explicate the role of computational thinking in mathematical modelling, and examine the relationship between them. Examples from the different modelling approaches will be used to contextualize this relationship, and to demonstrate that mathematical modelling does indeed provide an excellent platform for the use, practice and development of computational thinking. In addition, these examples will also illustrate how computational thinking fits into mathematical modelling naturally in some modelling situations.
Date Issued
2021
ISBN
9783030669959 (print)
9783030669966 (online)
Publisher
Springer