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Rodriguez, Manuel – ProQuest LLC, 2018
College algebra students face one of the highest failure rates in the U.S. The purpose of this research project was to investigate the impact graphic calculators had on college students' final grade after completing a required college algebra course. Using constructivism as a theory and a quantitative, quasi-experimental approach, the researcher…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Technology
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Irving, Karen E.; Pape, Stephen J.; Owens, Douglas T.; Abrahamson, Louis; Silver, David; Sanalan, Vehbi A. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2016
Findings from three years of a longitudinal randomized control trial involving a national U.S. sample of Algebra 1 teachers and students are reported. The study examines the effects of a connected classroom technology (CCT) professional development and classroom intervention on student achievement when compared to classroom instruction with…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Randomized Controlled Trials
DeLoach, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Despite the availability of and pressures to incorporate educational technology into secondary curriculum, schools have not shown that technology is being adequately used by educators or that students in fact know how to use them. In particular, many teachers are not using technology such as graphing calculators as an instructional mathematics…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Secondary School Mathematics, Algebra, Comparative Analysis
Buckner, Barbara Renee – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of TI-Nspire graphing calculator use on student achievement and on teacher behavior variables of planning, teaching, and assessing. This study investigated the teaching of functions by teachers using the TI-Nspire graphing calculator versus teachers using a non-graphing scientific calculator. …
Descriptors: Video Technology, Control Groups, Teacher Behavior, Lesson Plans
Durmus, Soner – Online Submission, 2001
More sophisticated graphing calculators available for college students can be incorporated into college algebra classes to result a higher student achievement. For this purpose, in this study 117 college students were randomly assigned into either experimental groups where students were allowed to the use of graphing calculators or control groups…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, College Students, Graphing Calculators, Control Groups
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Leng, Ng Wee; Choo, Kwee Tiow; Soon, Lau Hock; Yi-Huak, Koh; Sun, Yap Yew – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2005
This study examines the effects of using Texas Instruments' Voyage 200 calculator (V200), a graphing calculator with a built-in computer algebra system (CAS), on attitudes towards CAS and achievement in mathematics of junior college students (17 year olds). Students' attitudes towards CAS were examined using a 40-item Likert-type instrument…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Two Year College Students, Student Attitudes, Two Year Colleges