It is noted that calculator usage is increasing and that little information was found on the effect of calculators on learning mathematics in elementary school. The activities described and included are intended to be examples of ways in which calculators may be used with existing curriculum materials. It is assumed that each teacher would select,…

Seven activities are presented in this student workbook designed for an exploration of small business ownership and the use of the calculator in this career. Included are simulated situations in which students must use a calculator to compute property taxes; estimate payroll taxes and franchise taxes; compute pricing, approximate salaries,…

The calculator is used to explore the distributive property of a unary operator over a binary operator. This is an extension of an earlier paper. The emphasis is on student discovery of the property for various combinations of the operators. Instructional material contained in the report include a reference sheet of questions for potential…

The self-instruction office machines course provides both student's and teacher's manuals and includes, in the teacher's edition, scripts to be used with 21 instructional sound films for the machines covered. These may be used without the films as detailed operating instructions. The teacher's manual also contains instructions on operating each…

This study compares the effectiveness of an electronic calculator, programmed as an immediate feedback device, with the effectiveness of pencil-and-paper exercises without immediate feedback for the learning of the 100 basic multiplication combinations. These two methods were also compared with regular classroom procedures. Subjects were…

Argues the failure of calculators to show significant numbers only predicates a re-evaluation of the types and uses of electronic calculators in schools. (CP)

A method for finding any integral root of a number using a four-function calculator is given, along with a justification of the method and root-finding exercises. (MN)

The objective of this activity is to provide a calculator experience developing and reinforcing the concept of order of operations. Three worksheets are provided that are suitable for reproduction for classroom use. Teacher instructions and answers are provided. (MP)

Thirty-two references are included in this annotated listing presented in two sections: books and pamphlets, and periodicals.

The programable calculator is suggested as a means of introducing elementary school students to certain features of computers. A one-hour presentation is described. (MP)

The calculator is used in conjunction with the measurement of the sides of right triangles to discover the Pythagorean property. (MP)

Chapter two of the book, "Problem Solving with Calculators,"is presented. Topics covered include parts of a problem, steps in problem solving, guessing, and methods of calculation. (MP)

Activities for providing practice in estimating sums and products using calculators are presented. Worksheets are included. (MN)

Reviews the use of a programmable hand-held calculator for evaluating a student's performance on a quantitative laboratory experiment. (SL)