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Flores, Edna Horton – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) asserts that a goal of mathematics education, in Prekindergarten through grade 12, is to develop mathematical power for "all" students, and that educational equity is the nucleus of this goal. Nevertheless, researchers have found that equity for all students in mathematics education has not…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Equal Education, Graphing Calculators
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Boulton-Luis, Gillian M.; And Others – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1996
Describes a study that investigates the subtraction skills of primary students (N=65) in two schools. Students solve tasks and explain procedures and their teachers are interviewed to determine their objectives and strategies. Contains 41 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Calculators, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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And Others; Reys, Robert E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
Results of a study conducted to gather information about calculator usage in Missouri schools are given. (MK)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Calculators, Computation, Educational Research
O'Brien, Thomas C. – 1981
This document is a verbatim transcription of an interview conducted by Thomas C. O'Brien under the auspices of the Teacher's Center Project of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. The transcript presents the views of Professor A. I. Weinzweig for the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Distinctions between training and education,…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Development, Context Clues, Educational Change
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Fox, Tom – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2005
An experienced mathematics teacher in a rural high school in the United States was studied as she first implemented a reform calculus curriculum. Her instruction was compared to her previous practice using a curriculum not constructed with the reform movement in mind. Despite her early attempts to make her instructions more student-centered, the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mathematics Curriculum, Graphing Calculators, Educational Change