Problem Transformation as a Gateway to the Wider Use of Basic Computational Algorithms

Dalibor Gonda, Gabriela Pavlovičová, Viliam Ďuriš and Anna Tirpáková
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Dalibor Gonda: Department of Mathematical Methods and Operations Research, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 01001 Žilina, Slovakia
Gabriela Pavlovičová: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 94901 Nitra, Slovakia
Viliam Ďuriš: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 94901 Nitra, Slovakia
Anna Tirpáková: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 94901 Nitra, Slovakia

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: The problem transformation method is based on the idea that if we cannot solve the given problem directly, we will transfer it to a situation in which we know how to solve it. The basic feature of the method is the division of the problem into subtasks. Furthermore, it is the division of the problem solution into the solution of partial tasks that will allow the use of already learned algorithms outside the set of problems in which they were taught. The use of the method of transformation develops the necessary students’ transformation skills, and, at the same time, it enables the greater use of ICT in mathematics teaching.

Keywords: algorithm; problem transformation; transformation skills; teaching mathematics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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