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Mao, Yi; White, Tyreke; Sadler, Philip M.; Sonnert, Gerhard – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2017
This study investigates how the use of calculators during high school mathematics courses is associated with student performance in introductory college calculus courses in the USA. Data were drawn from a nationally representative sample of 7087 students enrolled in college calculus at 134 colleges and universities. They included information about…
Descriptors: Calculators, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education
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Wilson, W. Stephen; Naiman, Daniel Q. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2004
We find that students in the big mathematics service courses at the Johns Hopkins University who were encouraged to use calculators in K-12 have somewhat lower grades than those who weren't.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Calculators, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education