Changing the Game: Teaching Elementary Mathematics Through Coding

Paula Jakopovic; Michelle Friend; Betty Love; Victor Winter

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 55–60

In the current climate of a technology-centered world and standards-based educational system, the vision of including computer science and computational thinking at the elementary level has gained momentum in recent years. This paper examines the...

Topics: mathematics education, Computational Thinking

Infrastructure Redesign and Instructional Reform in Mathematics: Formal Structure and Teacher Leadership

Megan Hopkins; James P. Spillane; Paula Jakopovic; Ruth M. Heaton

Elementary School Journal Vol. 114, No. 2 (December 2013) pp. 200–224

Designing infrastructures to support instruction remains a challenge in educational reform. This article reports on a study of one school system's efforts to redesign its infrastructure for mathematics instruction by promoting teacher...

Bricklayer: Mathematics through Art and Coding

Michelle Friend; Paula Jakopovic; Betty Love; Victor Winter

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 52–54

Bricklayer is a system that allows people to use programming to create images and other visual artifacts. It has been used with students from elementary school through college in order to support the learning of mathematics concepts including...

Topics: mathematics education, Creativity, Computational Thinking