PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2019
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Students’ use of programming as a problem solving strategy in probability
Page: 1183
In this work we examined the effects of programming as a problem solving heuristic on students’ mathematical work on tasks involving probability and expected value. Analysis of student performance on a unit of instruction that focused on students’ competence in both programming and calculating probabilities and expected values revealed that students can see programming as a valid problem solving strategy and use it effectively