Platyhelminthes are [re]constructed recursively

Authors:
Alberto de la Encina;Mercedes Hidalgo-Herrero;Olga Marroquín-Alonso
Affiliations:
Dpto. Sistemas Informáticos y Programación, Facultad de Informática, Spain;Dpto. Didáctica de las Matemáticas, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;Dpto. Sistemas Informáticos y Programación, Facultad de Informática, Spain
Venue:
ICCS'06 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Computational Science - Volume Part II
Year:
2006

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a progressive technique for teaching recursion with the aim of making easier the understanding of this concept by students of other areas than computer science. Since knowledge is intended to be actively constructed by the students and not passively absorbed from textbooks and lecturers, the adopted teaching technique is derived from constructivism. This paper presents a study of the results obtained in 2005 by two groups of students from Mathematics and Statistics degrees.