Presenter/Guest Speaker: Erica Huang, UBC Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy Doctoral Student
Date: March 31st, 2022
Host: Dr Cynthia Nicol

In this SyMETRI session, Erica first shared highlights from her master’s thesis research. By surveying, observing, and interviewing BC secondary mathematics teachers, the study focused on teachers’ perspectives on incorporating computational thinking (CT) and involving coding in mathematics classrooms. Results showed that most teachers understand CT as being about problem-solving skills. Teachers found that CT and coding activities elicit a high-level engagement, provide different contexts to discuss mathematics concepts, and are accessible to a wide range of students. Erica then presented some questions for possible future research directions as starting points for the group discussion.

Erica’s full master’s thesis can be found here.

Please find below some excerpts from Erica’s presentation

All of Erica’s presentation is available here.