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Figure 1. Python Code for printing odd numbers and their sums.
Figure 2. Sphero the robot is coded to walk a circle.
Figure 3. Sticker-based circuits used to "perform" that the first 3 odd numbers fit in a 3x3 square.
Figure 4. Scratch block-based code for drawing a square.
Re-designing K-12 teacher education: A focus on computational and mathematical thinking
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The recent change in teacher education in Ontario, moving from a single year to a two-year program, has offered us an opportunity to rethink and redesign our Kindergarten – Grade 12 (K-12)teacher education programs. A major shift has been happening within and outside of education due to a renewed focus on different mathematical ways of thinking, including computational thinking (CT) (Grover & Pea, 2013; Wing, 2006, 2008, 2011; Yadav, Mayfield, Zhou, Hambrusch & Korb, 2014). In this chapter we discuss how CT has been integrated into teacher education programs at two Ontario universities and its connection to mathematics education.

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... Gleasman and Kim (2020) note that learning to teach mathematics through coding "requires pre-service teachers to take both content knowledge of programming and mathematics into account, while applying pedagogical knowledge" (2020, p.58). They (along with Gadinidis et al., 2017) highlight the need for teacher educators to have a robust set of instructional experiences that can promote the use of computational modelling to support mathematics learning. Drawing on Pollak (2003) idea that mathematical modelling involves describing or representing a real-world situation with mathematical concepts and tools, Carrejo and Marshall (2007) argued that a mathematical model should be made logical in both the mathematical content and the real-world situation that it presents. ...

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Coding and climate change: Investigating prospective teachers’ pathways of attention
Re-designing K-12 teacher education: A focus on computational and mathematical thinking
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