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Book Pressing the Right Buttons

Download or read book Pressing the Right Buttons written by Paul Surgenor and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How did the use of calculator affect the students attitude towards learning mathematics

Download or read book How did the use of calculator affect the students attitude towards learning mathematics written by Kwan Lung Chan and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: 2.7, Education University of Hong Kong (Department of Asian and Policy Studies - Education University of Hong Kong), course: CUM3002 Comparative Curriculum and Pedagogy Studies, language: English, abstract: The implementation of using calculators in the Irish Junior Certificate Mathematics curriculum and examinations brought about discussions about its impact on students’ performance and learning attitudes. To compare the difference before and after implementation, we adopted experimental-type studies to find out the influence. There are two groups of Grade 9 students: the pre-intervention group and the post-intervention group. The research discovered that phase II students (using the calculators) got better Mathematics results and they thought using calculators can reduce the frequency of making mistakes. Despite such contribution, phase I students thought using calculators make students lazy. Based on our research, compulsory use of calculator in Mathematics education is a good decision, as it improved students’ Mathematics performance and students became more motivated to learn. The most important reason of this is because students think using calculator can help them save more time.

Book An Examination of the Effect that Classroom Calculator Use Has on Achievement in Mathematics and Attitude Toward Mathematics of Eighth Grade Students

Download or read book An Examination of the Effect that Classroom Calculator Use Has on Achievement in Mathematics and Attitude Toward Mathematics of Eighth Grade Students written by Janet Stowell and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Impact of Using Calculators as an Accommodation on the Math Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities

Download or read book The Impact of Using Calculators as an Accommodation on the Math Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities written by Roxana Cati Russell and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of using the calculator as a standard accommodation during the instruction and assessment of students with learning disabilities has not been sufficiently investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of the calculator in grades 6, 7 and 8, as a standard accommodation during math instruction and assessment contributed to improved performance for students with learning disabilities. These students struggled with math and received special education services in this academic area before and during the use of the accommodation. The researcher also investigated whether the effect of this accommodation varied with the type of special education program awarded (inclusion, resource, self-contained). The theoretical foundation of the study was cognitive deficit theory that focused on working memory deficits. A quantitative, causal-comparative research design was conducted using archival data from a small school district to compare the performance of the students with learning disabilities on the grade level state standardized assessment before the implementation of the calculator as a standard accommodation and afterwards. The results of paired samples t tests and a two-way mixed ANOVA were statistically significant, showing that students who used the calculator performed at a higher level. The special education program did not influence the effect of using the calculator; all students with learning disabilities benefited from using this accommodation. The implications of these findings suggest that calculators allow students with learning disabilities to learn key concepts by addressing the cognitive deficit challenges of retrieving basic math facts.

Book Impact of Calculators on Mathematics Instruction

Download or read book Impact of Calculators on Mathematics Instruction written by George W. Bright and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1994 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a May 1992 conference in Houston, 11 papers reflect on how calculators do and might influence the teaching of mathematics, and make recommendations for future efforts to integrate them into the curriculum. Among the topics are inservice training for teachers, the graphing calculator in pre-algebra courses, supercalculators in undergraduate mathematics, and surveys and assessments from various systems and levels. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $21.50. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book The Effects of Calculator Use in Pre high School Mathematics

Download or read book The Effects of Calculator Use in Pre high School Mathematics written by Joyce E. Schneider and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Digital Curricula in School Mathematics

Download or read book Digital Curricula in School Mathematics written by Meg Bates and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mathematics curriculum – what mathematics is taught, to whom it is taught, and when it is taught – is the bedrock to understanding what mathematics students can, could, and should learn. Today’s digital technology influences the mathematics curriculum in two quite different ways. One influence is on the delivery of mathematics through hardware such as desktops, laptops, and tablets. Another influence is on the doing of mathematics using software available on this hardware, but also available on the internet, calculators, or smart phones. These developments, rapidly increasing in their availability and decreasing in their cost, raise fundamental questions regarding a mathematics curriculum that has traditionally been focused on paper-and-pencil work and taught in many places as a set of rules to be practiced and learned. This volume presents the talks given at a conference held in 2014 at the University of Chicago, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum. The speakers – experts from around the world and inside the USA – were asked to discuss one or more of the following topics: • changes in the nature and creation of curricular materials available to students • transformations in how students learn and how they demonstrate their learning • rethinking the role of the teacher and how students and teachers interact within a classroom and across distances from each other The result is a set of articles that are interesting and captivating, and challenge us to examine how the learning of mathematics can and should be affected by today’s technology.

Book Mathematical Connections

Download or read book Mathematical Connections written by Jeff Clark and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematics teachers face the challenge of integrating calculator use in their classrooms. Calculators provide advantages for students when performing calculations and they can provide teachers with a versatile instructional tool. Students face high-stakes mathematics tests each year in middle school and must take Regents and college entrance exams during their high school career. It is important to properly integrate calculator use so that students can derive the full benefit of familiarity with the instrument while maintaining a high level of student proficiency with paper and pencil calculations. The goal of my study was to investigate how a student can best learn with the aid of a calculator. I wanted to find out the proper balance of calculator use combined with paper and pencil techniques that work together to give students enduring lessons. Three appendixes present: (1) Consent Letter to School Administrator; (2) Consent Letter to Parents; and (3) Sample Assessment Questions. (Contains 2 tables.).

Book The Impact of Calculator Use in the Elementary Mathematics Curriculum on Students Attitudes and Achievement

Download or read book The Impact of Calculator Use in the Elementary Mathematics Curriculum on Students Attitudes and Achievement written by Geok Cheng Tan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Effects of Graphing Calculator Use on Students Understanding of Secondary Mathematics

Download or read book The Effects of Graphing Calculator Use on Students Understanding of Secondary Mathematics written by Christina Marie McClain and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Factors Influencing Students Interactions with Advanced Calculators

Download or read book Factors Influencing Students Interactions with Advanced Calculators written by Hazel Tan and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an increasing use of and rapid advancements in technologies in education. In particular, there is a take-up of advanced calculators (graphing calculators and calculators with computer algebra system [CAS]) in senior secondary high-stakes examinations. Each year, tens of thousands of students in Australia, Singapore, and other regions, use advanced calculators in mathematics examinations that directly affect their entry into tertiary education. Thus, it was pertinent to investigate the ways in which students use these technologies when learning mathematics, and the factors that influenced them.This study was built upon a bricolage of theories from various fields such as mathematics education, educational technology, learning theories, learning styles, and gender studies. From a review of the literature in the different fields, it was hypothesised that factors such as students' gender, beliefs about and attitudes toward mathematics and technology, approaches to studying mathematics, and learning preferences, influence their ways of using technology. A mixed methods research design was used, consisting of two parts: a quantitative large scale online survey of 964 Singaporean and 176 Victorian senior secondary mathematics students, and a qualitative small scale study of nine students in a Singaporean school.There were several main results found in this study:(i) How students interact with advanced calculators was influenced by their beliefs about and attitudes toward mathematics and their approaches to studying mathematics. Students' ways of knowing and learning mathematics best explained their ways of interacting with the calculator.(ii) Students' learning preferences were situated, and the use of advanced calculators was associated with visual and kinesthetic modes and a preference to work cooperatively.(iii) There were regional differences (in favour of Victorian students) in how students use the advanced calculators and their attitudes toward calculators.(iv) There were gender differences (in favour of males) in students' attitudes toward mathematics and advanced calculators, and how they used the calculators. Although there were more student factors with gender differences in the Singaporean than the Victorian data, the effect sizes were larger in the Victorian sample.The findings have implications for mathematics teaching practice, in that deep understanding, intrinsic interest, beliefs about the creative, inter-connectedness and contextual aspects of mathematics are associated with using calculators as a partner and collaborator for learning. Additionally, students tend to employ visual and kinaesthetic modes when learning how to use the calculators. Students were also found to have a preference for working on the calculator cooperatively with friends. Therefore, teachers can employ methods such as encouraging students to try out the calculator keys and to work cooperatively in groups when learning how to use the calculators.Another significant contribution of this study was in the use of Facebook to recruit participants. More research can be done on the participation and response rates associated with this recruitment method. Further research can also be conducted to translate the implications of the study into practical classroom strategies and to investigate longitudinally the dynamic interplay between these factors and students' interactions with the advanced calculators.

Book The Effect of Using Calculators on Students Construction of Mathematical Knowledge

Download or read book The Effect of Using Calculators on Students Construction of Mathematical Knowledge written by Betsy Holley DuBose and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine what impact the use of calculators has on children's construction of mathematical knowledge in the researcher's second grade classroom. Calculators were purchased in volume by this school system. Most teachers have not been trained to use the calculators in their classrooms. Therefore, students were only allowed to use them in checking computation. Some teachers did not allow their students to use them at all. With so much controversial information about using calculators with young children, this study was created to determine if the calculator was a learning tool or a handicap that hindered the acquisition of mathematical knowledge. The specific question guiding this research was "What impact did using calculators have on students' problem solving?".