CT + Assessment (in practice)

WHAT

  • An exploratory case study for the assessment of mathematics in programming-based mathematics tasks and assessment of computational thinking development in programming-based undergraduate mathematics courses.

WHO

Collaborators

  • Eric Muller, Brock University.
  • Brock Department of Mathematics and Statistics

WHEN

  • Summer 2016

OUTCOMES

  • We illustrated an assessment of mathematics in student programming-based (university) mathematics tasks
  • We discussed an assessment of this type of tasks in the broader context of computational thinking.

DISSEMINATION

  • Buteau, C., & Muller, E. (2016). Assessment in Undergraduate Programming-Based Mathematics Courses. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 1-18.

NEXT STEPS

  • January – April 2018 : creation of a short video and executive summary to be posted online on ctmath.ca