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ERIC Number: EJ1412202
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-2323-7112
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Comparing the Integration of Programming and Computational Thinking into Danish and Swedish Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Resources
Raimundo Elicer; Andreas Lindenskov Tamborg; Kajsa BrĂ¥ting; Cecilia Kilhamn
LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, v11 n3 p77-102 2023
Computational thinking has become part of the mathematics curriculum in several countries. This has led recently available teaching resources to explicitly integrate computational thinking (CT). In this paper, we investigate and compare how curriculum resources developed in Denmark -- digital teaching modules -- and Sweden -- printed mathematics textbooks -- have incorporated CT in mathematics for grades 1-6 (age 7-12). Specifically, we identify and compare the CT and mathematical concepts, actions, and combinations in tasks within these resources. Our analysis reveals that Danish tasks are oriented toward CT concepts related to data, actions related to programming, and mathematical concepts within statistics. This is different from Swedish tasks, which are oriented toward CT concepts related to instructions and commands, actions related to following stepwise procedures, and mathematical concepts related to patterns. Moreover, what is most dominant in one country is almost or completely absent in the other. We conclude the paper by contrasting these two approaches with existing knowledge on computational thinking in school mathematics.
LUMA Centre Finland. University of Helsinki. A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. Tel: +358-50-348-0567; e-mail: editor@lumat.fi; Web site: https://journals.helsinki.fi/lumat
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark; Sweden
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