CDM: Teaching discrete mathematics to computer science majors

  • Authors:

  • Klaus Sutner

  • Affiliations:

  • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Venue:
  • Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC)
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

CDM, for computational discrete mathematics, is a course that attempts to teach a number of topics in discrete mathematics to computer science majors. The course abandons the classical definition-theorem-proof model, and instead relies heavily on computation as a source of motivation and also for experimentation and illustration. The emphasis on computational issues is particularly attractive to computer science majors and increases their involvement and participation.