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Teaching sorting in ICT

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2009-06-01
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Copyright (c) 2009 Péter Szlávi and Gábor Törley

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Szlávi, P., & Törley, G. (2009). Teaching sorting in ICT. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, 7(1), 101-117. https://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2009.0208
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This article is aimed at considering how an algorithmic problem – more precisely a sorting problem – can be used in an informatics class in primary and secondary education to make students mobilize the largest possible amount of their intellectual skills in the problem solving process. We will be outlining a method which essentially forces students to utilize their mathematical knowledge besides algorithmization in order to provide an efficient solution. What is more, they are expected to use efficiently a tool that has so far not been associated with creative thinking. Sorting is meant to be just an example, through which our thoughts can easily be demonstrated, but – of course the method of education outlined can be linked to several other algorithmic problems, as well.