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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Enhancing the Quality of Learning and Understanding of First Year Mathematics for Computer |
| University of Tasmania, Australia |
| Most courses on Discrete Mathematics are designed to emphasize problem solving, in general. When the goal is to |
| cover the content, the learning and understanding takes a second place. Over time, the stu-dents’ understanding will |
| have large gaps of knowledge that leads to non-enjoyment of the course and a great deal of anxiety. Given the |
| choice, most first year students would not do the Discrete Mathematics course. It is not an easy course to teach |
| because of the opposing expectations of the instructor and stu-dents. However, as instructors, we all share a |
| common goal: we would like our students to acquire the skills to perform complex mental operations so that they |
| will be successful in the classroom as well as their future careers. In this paper, we present a way to enhance the |
| learning and understanding of Dis-crete Mathematics whether it is offered in a distance learning mode or a |
| traditional classroom situation. |
| Keywords: Computer Science education, mathematics instruction, problem solving, Bloom’s taxonomy, and quality |
ISSN
1535-07-03
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