Undergraduate students’ mindsets in a computer programming mathematical learning environment

Wendy Ann Forbes (1) , Joyce Mgombelo (1) , Sarah Gannon (1) , Chantal Buteau (1)

1 Brock University [Canada]

This paper focuses on how undergraduate students’ mindsets are enacted and constructed in a programming and mathematics learning environment. This research draws from year one of a five-year study entitled “Educating for the 21st Century: Post-graduate Students Learning Progmatics (Computer Programming for Mathematical Investigation, Simulation, and Real-world Modeling), which addresses the need to empower students within the STEM field. A narrative approach is employed to present findings from two students, Sydney and Jim (pseudonyms), followed by a discussion on their enacted mindsets during a first-year ‘progmatics’ course.

Mots clés: Mindset; University mathematics education; Programming; Identity

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Education

Wendy Ann Forbes, Joyce Mgombelo, Sarah Gannon, Chantal Buteau. Undergraduate students’ mindsets in a computer programming mathematical learning environment. Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, Feb 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands. ⟨hal-02410020⟩