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Impact on School Assessment Where Use of Graphics Calculators is Mandatory in a Related Public Examination.
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Forster, Patricia A.; Mueller, Ute; Haimes, David; Malone, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2003
Inquires into assessment items classified as "extended pieces of work" in applicable mathematics in Western Australia. Identifies opportunities for graphics calculator use in extended pieces implemented in schools. Concludes that availability of the technology has widened the scope of approaches used in extended pieces of work in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Instruction
Diversity and Difficulties with Graphics Calculator Usage in the 1999 Calculus Tertiary Entrance Examination in Western Australia.
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Forster, Patricia A.; Mueller, Ute – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2000
Describes students' written answers that seemed technology-assisted in the 1999 Calculus Tertiary Entrance Examination (TEE). Illustrates how in the 1999 Calculus TEE some students used their calculators in flexible ways. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
The Implementation of a Graphics Calculator in Undergraduate Linear Algebra Units.
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Mueller, Ute; Pedler, Pender; Anderson, Malcolm; Bloom, Lyn – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 1998
Describes the implementation of graphing calculators as teaching and learning aids in an intermediate linear algebra unit at the undergraduate level. Outlines the approach taken and discusses the problems that arose in relation to calculator use. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators