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Article: A survey of calculator usage in high schools.
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- School Science and Mathematics
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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This survey investigated the current status of calculator use in classrooms and schools. The results indicated that the prevailing policy in the sample of high schools is to allow the use of calculators during classroom learning activities and tests. Scientific calculators are more frequently used than graphing calculators in algebra I and geometry; whereas, graphing calculators are more frequently used in algebra II and precalculus/trigonometry. At the time of this survey, school policies regarding the use of graphing calculators with symbolic algebra capabilities were still not determined.
Calculator use in the schools is becoming increasingly commonplace. The ...