Asymmetric Cryptography Learning at Lower Secondary School

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2021.0507" target="_blank" >10.21125/edulearn.2021.0507</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Asymmetric Cryptography Learning at Lower Secondary School

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Asymmetric cryptography is a group of cryptographic methods in which different keys are used for encryption and decryption, which is a fundamental difference from symmetric cryptography, which uses a single key for both encryption and decryption. Asymmetric cryptography contains huge possibilities to enrich mathematics learning also at lower secondary schools. Although the underlying theory is complex, students can effortlessly perform the encryption and decryption process by means of paper-and-pencil for small numbers and using, for example, Wolfram Cloud environment for larger numbers, as there are only simple operations such as multiplication, exponentiation, and modulo. This points to the meaningful use of ICT and appropriate software in the teaching of mathematics, because without these possibilities, problems of this type with larger numbers can no longer be solved. The Wolfram Language includes built-in functions for asymmetric cryptography and, in addition, there are many demonstration projects concerning cryptography within Wolfram Demonstrations Project. The article will therefore present interesting problems from this issue suitable for lower secondary school, which cannot be solved without ICT. In this paper will be included detailed instructions for teachers on how they can use these problems to make students more enthusiastic about both mathematics and computer science.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Asymmetric Cryptography Learning at Lower Secondary School

Popis výsledku anglicky

Asymmetric cryptography is a group of cryptographic methods in which different keys are used for encryption and decryption, which is a fundamental difference from symmetric cryptography, which uses a single key for both encryption and decryption. Asymmetric cryptography contains huge possibilities to enrich mathematics learning also at lower secondary schools. Although the underlying theory is complex, students can effortlessly perform the encryption and decryption process by means of paper-and-pencil for small numbers and using, for example, Wolfram Cloud environment for larger numbers, as there are only simple operations such as multiplication, exponentiation, and modulo. This points to the meaningful use of ICT and appropriate software in the teaching of mathematics, because without these possibilities, problems of this type with larger numbers can no longer be solved. The Wolfram Language includes built-in functions for asymmetric cryptography and, in addition, there are many demonstration projects concerning cryptography within Wolfram Demonstrations Project. The article will therefore present interesting problems from this issue suitable for lower secondary school, which cannot be solved without ICT. In this paper will be included detailed instructions for teachers on how they can use these problems to make students more enthusiastic about both mathematics and computer science.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

EDULEARN21 Proceedings

ISBN

978-84-09-31267-2

ISSN

2340-1117

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

2270-2277

Název nakladatele

International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)

Místo vydání

Madrid

Místo konání akce

Online conference

Datum konání akce

5. 7. 2021

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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