Harry Potter and the Coding of Secrets

Autor/in	Chua, Boon Liang
Titel	Harry Potter and the Coding of Secrets
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 14 (2008) 2, S.114-121 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0839
Schlagwörter	Mathematical Concepts; Mathematics Instruction; Teaching Methods; Literature; Relevance (Education); Technology; Coding; Student Motivation; Comprehension + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Literatur; Relevance; Relevanz; Technologie; Codierung; Programmierung; Schulische Motivation; Verstehen; Verständnis
Abstract	When students learn mathematics, they tend to understand and remember the mathematical processes that they find practical and relevant. It is not surprising then that "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics" (NCTM 2000) encourages teachers to help students discover the relevance of mathematics in their daily lives. To help young people realize that mathematics is alive and constantly evolving, it is important for teachers to share information with students about new developments in mathematics. However, it is often difficult to find source material that illustrates appropriate applications of mathematical concepts. In addition, finding items that are interesting and comprehensible to students is even harder. The topic of functions is a case in point. Therefore, this article describes some teaching ideas based on cryptography, a practical application of functions and their inverses that students should be able to comprehend. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10