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An Analysis of Calculator Use and Strategy Selection by Prison Inmates Taking the Official GED Practice Test
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Stahl, Nathaniel – Journal of Correctional Education, 2011
The goal of this study was to determine whether adult students incarcerated at a large correctional facility in New England use the provided scientific calculator appropriately when taking the Official GED Practice Test in mathematics. 13 students were interviewed after taking a practice test and asked for their strategy for solving each problem.…
Descriptors: Test Items, Correctional Institutions, Adult Students, Graphing Calculators