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Hector, Judith H. – 1978
The relative effectiveness of three methods of teaching fraction computation in the context of the community college was investigated. The use of calculators was a special focus of the study. The three methods were: (1) conventional algorithms with no calculator, (2) conventional algorithms with calculator, and (3) alternative algorithms using…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Calculators, Community Colleges, Computation
