Publications

Research Team Publications


Book Chapters

  • Buteau, C., Muller, E., Santacruz Rodiguez, M., Mgombelo, J., Sacristán, A., & Gueudet, G. (2023). Instrumental orchestration of using programming for authentic mathematics investigation projects. In A. Clark-Wilson, O. Robutti, & N. Sinclair (Eds.), The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era (2nd Edition) (pp. 289-322). Springer Netherlands.

Journal Articles

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Poster Presentations at Scholarly Events

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Articles in Professional Journals

Videos

  • Sardella, J. (2023, August 30). Learning to use programming as a tool for pure and applied mathematical inquiry: What students value most from their experience [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBLhgjRslmg
  • Boerkamp, S., & Sardella, J. (2023, August 30). University students learning to use programming for math inquiry: What students are most proud of and why [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoli-bLjRk
  • Balt, K., & Buteau, C. (2020a, September 4). Illustrating the web of schemes: A student’s process when engaging in using programming for pure or applied math investigation [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/teJAd3TDw9E
  • Balt, K., & Buteau, C. (2020b, September 4). Using programming for pure/applied mathematics investigation: Mandelbrot set and running in the rain illustrations [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/irTlCE-eXhc
  • Buteau, C. & Muller E. (2017, July 4). A university mathematics department’s adoption of constructionist math courses [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNvTdaG04gc&t=27s

Research Members’ Related Publications


Journal Special Issue

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Conference Proceedings

  • Mamolo, A., Buteau, C., & Muller, E. (forth.). Prospective mathematics and sciences teachers’ views on coding and computational thinking. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, April 2019.
  • Gannon, S., with Buteau, C. (2018). Integration of Computational Thinking in Canadian Provinces. In Online Proceedings of the Computational Thinking in Mathematics Education Symposium, UOIT (Scarborough), October 2017.
  • Broley, L., Buteau, C., & Muller, E. (2017). (Legitimate peripheral) computational thinking in mathematics. Proceedings of the Congress of European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME), Dublin (Ireland), February 2017.
  • Buteau, C., Gadanidis, G., Lovric, M., & Muller, E. (2017). Computational Thinking and Mathematics Curricula/La pensée computationnelle et le programme de mathématiques. Proceedings of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG) 2016 Annual Conference, Kingston (Canada), June 2016, 119-135.
  • Buteau, C. & Muller, E. (forth.). Systemic integration of programming in undergraduate mathematics: from implementation to theory. International Congress on Mathematical Education 2016, Hamburg (Germany).
  • Buteau,  (2016). Undergraduates Learning of Programming for Simulation and Investigation of Mathematics Concepts and Real-World Modelling. Online proceedings of Didactics of Mathematics in Higher Education as a Scientific Discipline, Hanover (Germany), December 2015.
  • Buteau, C., Muller, E., & Ralph, B (2015). Integration of Programming in the Undergraduate Mathematics Program at Brock University. In the Online Proceedings of Math+Coding Symposium, London (Ontario), June 2015.
  • Buteau, C., Marshall, N., & Muller, E. (2014). Learning university mathematics by creating and using fourteen ‘microworlds’. In G. Futschek & C. Kynigos (Eds.), Constructionism and Creativity. Proceedings of the 3rd International Constructionism Conference 2014 (pp. 401-406). Vienna, Austria: Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft (OCG).
  • Buteau, C., Marshall, N., & Muller, E. (2014). Perception on the Nature of Core University Mathematics Microworld-Based Courses. In G. Futschek & C. Kynigos (Eds.), Constructionism and Creativity. Proceedings of the 3rd International Constructionism Conference 2014 (pp. 379-389). Vienna, Austria: Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft (OCG).
  • Buteau, C., Muller, E., & Marshall, N. (2014). Competencies Developed by University Students in Microworld-type Core Mathematics Courses. In Proceedings of Joint Meeting Int. Group Psychology Mathematics Education (PME 38), Vancouver, Canada, 2014, pp. 209-18.
  • Marshall, N., Buteau, C. & E. Muller (2013): Exploratory Objects and Microworlds in University Mathematics Education. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching, Bari (Italy), 187-193.
  • Mgombelo, J. & Buteau, C. (2012): Learning Mathematics for Teaching Through Designing, Implementing, and Testing Learning Objects. Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers: The Journal, Vol 3. 16pp.
  • Muller, E., & C.Buteau (2012). An Innovative Integration of Evolving Technologies in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. In Essays on Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 2, Akis, V. (Ed.), Athens Institute for Education and Research (publisher), 117-122.
  • Buteau, C. & E. Muller (2010): Student Development Process of Designing and Implementing Exploratory and Learning Objects. In Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of European Research in Mathematics Education Lyon, France – Jan. 28th – Feb. 1, 2009, 1111-1120.
  • Mgombelo, J. & Buteau, C. (2010): Mathematics Teacher Education Research and Practice: Researching Inside the MICA Program. In Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 6), Lyon (France), 2009, 1901-1910.
  • Buteau, C. & Muller, E. (2006). Evolving technologies integrated into undergraduate mathematics education. In L. H. Son, N. Sinclair, J. B. Lagrange, & C. Hoyles (Eds.), Proceedings for the Seventeenth ICMI Study Conference: Digital Technologies and Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Revisiting the Terrain, Hanoi University of Technology, 3rd-8th December, 2006, Hanoi (Vietnam) (c42)[CD-ROM], 8 pp.

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