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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