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A Study on Development of Teaching & Learning Materials related to Coding for Convergence Education Integrating Mathematics and Information (수학·정보 융합교육을 위한 코딩과 연계한 교수학습 자료 개발 연구)

Shin, Gicheol;Suh, Boeuk
- Journal of Science Education
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- v.43 no.1
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- pp.17-42
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- 2019
This study, as an attempt to integrate mathematics and information for convergence education, was conducted to develop teaching-learning materials on mathematics education combined with coding education, which has recently been emphasized. We chose the subject of digital signature for coding education, and used SageMath as a coding program. In this study, we overview mathematics used in the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm, one of the many methods for digital signature, and developed the teaching-learning materials on the algorithm for mathematics education integrated with information education based on coding. The elliptic curve digital signature algorithm utilized in transactions of Bitcoin, which many people recently are interested in, is a good example, showing students that mathematics is applied to problem-solving in the real world and provides an optimal environment for implementation by coding. Accordingly, we expect that a class on algorithm will provide a specific teaching-learning program to achieve the goal of integrated mathematics education. By comprehensively considering the opinions of mathematicians, mathematics teachers and mathematics education experts, we expect that the teaching-learning program will be realized as a meaningful class in science high schools, high school's math clubs, and 'number theory' class in colleges.
https://doi.org/10.21796/jse.2019.43.1.17 인용 PDF KSCI