Logic Training through Algorithmic Problem Solving

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Ferreira, JF (Author) Other; Mendes, A (Author) Other; Cunha, A (Author) Other; Baquero, C (Author) Other; Silva, P (Author) Other; Barbosa, LS (Author) Other; Oliveira, JN (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: TOOLS FOR TEACHING LOGIC

Pages: 62-69

3rd International Congress on Tools for Teaching Logic (TICTTL)

Salamanca, SPAIN, JUN 01-04, 2011

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Authenticus ID: P-007-YRB

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21350-2_8

Abstract (EN): Although much of mathematics is algorithmic in nature, the skills needed to formulate and solve algorithmic problems do not form an integral part of mathematics education. In particular, logic, which is central to algorithm development, is rarely taught explicitly at pre-university level, under the justification that it is implicit in mathematics and therefore does not need to be taught as an independent topic. This paper argues in the opposite direction, describing a one-week workshop done at the University of Minho, in Portugal, whose goal was to introduce to high-school students calculational principles and techniques of algorithmic problem solving supported by calculational logic. The workshop resorted to recreational problems to convey the principles and to software tools, the Alloy Analyzer and Netlogo, to animate models.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8