Maths with Coq in L1, a pedagogical experiment

In France, the first year of study at university is usually abbreviated L1 (for premire anne de Licence).At "Sorbonne Paris Nord" University, we have been teaching an 18 hour introductory course in formal proofs to L1 students for 3 years.These students are in a double major mathematics and computer science curriculum.The course is mandatory and consists only of hands-on sessions with the Coq proof assistant.We present some of the practical sessions worksheets, the methodology we used to write them and some of the pitfalls we encountered.Finally we discuss how this course evolved over the years and will see that there is room for improvement in many different technical and pedagogical aspects.

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Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
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2025-05-07
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https://doi.org/10.4204/eptcs.419.7
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Education and Technology Integration
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Maths with Coq in L1, a pedagogical experiment

Marie Kerjean, Pierre Rousselin, Micaela Mayero
Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Education and Technology Integration
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Maths with Coq in L1, a pedagogical experiment

Marie Kerjean, Pierre Rousselin, Micaela Mayero
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Abstract

In France, the first year of study at university is usually abbreviated L1 (for premire anne de Licence).At "Sorbonne Paris Nord" University, we have been teaching an 18 hour introductory course in formal proofs to L1 students for 3 years.These students are in a double major mathematics and computer science curriculum.The course is mandatory and consists only of hands-on sessions with the Coq proof assistant.We present some of the practical sessions worksheets, the methodology we used to write them and some of the pitfalls we encountered.Finally we discuss how this course evolved over the years and will see that there is room for improvement in many different technical and pedagogical aspects.

Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer ScienceVol. 419
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Université Paris-Saclay (FR), Sorbonne Université (FR), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (FR), Laboratoire Analyse, Géométrie et Applications (FR), CERMICS (FR), Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris-Nord (FR), Institut des Sciences de l'Information et de leurs Interactions (FR), Laboratoire Méthodes Formelles (FR)
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