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Hector, Judith H. – 1980
Three different methods of teaching fraction computation were compared using community college student scores on measures of fraction computation, fraction understanding, and attitude towards mathematics. One method used conventional algorithms; the second, a control for the effect of using a calculator, used conventional algorithms and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algorithms, Calculators, Computation
