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Pierce, Robyn; Bardini, Caroline – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2015
Since the 1990s, computer algebra systems (CAS) have been available in Australia as hand-held devices designed for students with the expectation that they will be used in the mathematics classroom. The data discussed in this paper was collected as part of a pilot study that investigated first year university mathematics and statistics students'…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Computer Uses in Education
Pierce, Robyn – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The study of linear functions is important as it provides students with their first experience of identifying and interpreting the relationship between two dependent variables. This paper, which builds on previous research, reports a study undertaken with 64 year 9 students from two Australian schools. Linear functions were introduced to these…
Descriptors: Expectation, Foreign Countries, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Instruction