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Diversity and Difficulties with Graphics Calculator Usage in the 1999 Calculus Tertiary Entrance Examination in Western Australia.
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Forster, Patricia A.; Mueller, Ute – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2000
Describes students' written answers that seemed technology-assisted in the 1999 Calculus Tertiary Entrance Examination (TEE). Illustrates how in the 1999 Calculus TEE some students used their calculators in flexible ways. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Outcomes and Implications of Students' Use of Graphics Calculators in the Public Examination of Calculus.
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Forster, Patricia A.; Mueller, Ute – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2001
Describes an inquiry into students' uses of graphics calculators in the Tertiary Entrance Examination of Calculus in Western Australia for 1998. Discusses a comparative analysis of boys' and girls' performances. Indicates that the main areas of difficulty for students are interpreting graphing calculator outputs and knowing when use of graphing…
Descriptors: Calculus, Foreign Countries, Graphing Calculators, Higher Education
Efficient Use of Graphics Calculators in High School Calculus
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Forster, Patricia A. – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2004
This paper provides a pragmatic view of efficient use of graphics calculators. Efficiency is described in terms of quick and easy calculation, as debated and evidenced in a Year 12 calculus class. Students' methods of calculation are analysed in terms of the algebraic understanding and technical skills that underpinned them. Patterns in students'…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Computation, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction