There is a general sense that programming is related to math and that people who are successful in math are often successful at programming. For math teachers, a natural question arises: “What is the ...

This article addresses several key issues in the research on the potential relationship between programming language instruction and problem solving. Although the computer has been touted as the ...

Students develop problem-solving skills with computer coding Adeline Brutger peered at the screen of her mini-laptop. The Grand Forks third-grader described three cartoon figures she was using in ...

A new computer program works smarter, not harder, to solve problems faster than its predecessors. The algorithm is designed to find the best solution to a given problem among all possible options.

Yet, while coding as we know it is indeed facing disruption, the creative, problem-solving essence of computer programming is likely to remain a largely human endeavor for the foreseeable future.

It’s one thing to sit in a computer science class all semester and learn about programming and problem-solving. But it’s quite another to find yourself knee-deep in creating an app designed to ...

This paper provides an overview of a process-oriented instructional program and reports the results of an evaluation of that program. Twelve fifth-grade and 10 seventh-grade teachers implemented the ...