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Olugbenga Adebayo Ogunsipe; Tšhegofatšo Phuti Makgakga – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
The use of scientific calculators in teaching parabola functions has been shown to have significant effect in learner performance. This study examined the effectiveness of scientific calculators' usage in the teaching and learning of Grade 11 parabola functions to improve learner performance. Bandura's observational learning theory underpinned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Kissi, Philip Siaw; Opoku, Gyabaah; Boateng, Sampson Kwadwo – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of Microsoft Math Tool (graphical calculator) on students' achievement in the linear function. The study employed Quasi-experimental research design (Pre-test Post-test two group designs). A total of ninety-eight (98) students were selected for the study from two different Senior High Schools…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education
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Smeal, Mary; Walker, Sandra; Carter, Jamye; Simmons-Johnson, Carolyn; Balam, Esenc – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2013
Traditionally, mathematics has been taught using a very direct approach which the teacher explains the procedure to solve a problem and the students use pencil and paper to solve the problem. However, a variety of alternative approaches to mathematics have surfaced from a number of different directions. The purpose of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Control Groups
Asing-Cashman, Joyce G. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the modeling of technology by mathematics professors in two universities in teaching required courses for secondary level pre-service mathematics teachers. Six professors participated in this case study. Their responses were documented in pre- and post-interviews and data were gathered from…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content
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Quesada, Antonio; Einsporn, Richard L.; Wiggins, Muserref – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of a graphical teaching and learning approach via the graphing calculator enhances students' understanding of the formal definition of limit. College students in six sections of Calculus I participated by completing a test prior to the introduction of the definition, and completing a second…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Calculus, Conventional Instruction, College Students