Improving Computational Thinking Abilities Through the Teaching of Mathematics with Sage

Abstract

Recently in major industrial areas, there has been a rapidly increasing demand for ‘Computational Thinking’, which is integrated with a computer`s ability to think as a human world. Developed countries in the last 20 years naturally have been improving students` computational thinking as a way to solve math problems with CAS in the areas of mathematical reasoning, problem solving and communication. Also, textbooks reflected in the 2009 curriculum contain the applications of various CAS tools and focus on the improvement of ‘Computational Thinking’. In this paper, we analyze the cases of mathematics education based on ‘Computational Thinking’ and discuss the mathematical content that uses the CAS tools including Sage for improving ‘Computational Thinking’. Also, we show examples of programs based on ‘Computational Thinking’ for teaching Calculus in university.