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Schmidt, Mary Ellen – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1999
Presents the effects of a project focused on calculator use in middle grade mathematics and compares teachers' beliefs about calculator use before the project to their beliefs two years after participating in the project. Indicates that teachers did not significantly change their beliefs about calculators over time. Contains 23 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculators, Educational Technology, Followup Studies, Mathematics Education
Maden, Michael; Hope, Jack A. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1993
Examines the struggles of Kyle, a 30-year-old male, to overcome his innumeracy and to master the routine numerical tasks associated with daily life. Describes Kyle's arithmetic and problem-solving skills and the intervention program designed to develop his ability to solve everyday problems. (Contains 12 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arithmetic, Calculators, Case Studies
Schmidt, Mary Ellen; Callahan, Leroy G. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1992
A sampling of teachers (n=348) and principals (n=31) responded to a questionnaire designed to assess their beliefs about the effects of, experiences with, and impediments to calculator usage in elementary school mathematics. Results indicated that teachers expressed concern regarding negative effects of extensive calculator usage on mathematical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Calculators, Change Agents, Educational Change
