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Handal, Boris; Cavanagh, Michael; Wood, Leigh; Petocz, Peter – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This paper reports on a case study which examined factors leading to the adoption of graphics calculators (GCs) by secondary mathematics teachers in the state of New South Wales, Australia. In total, 587 teachers of the General Mathematics Course (Years 11 and 12) participated in the study. The median teachers' stage of adoption of GCs was found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Experience, Mathematics Instruction
Forster, Pat; Taylor, Peter – 2000
This paper presents an inquiry into teaching and learning practices in a Year 11 mathematics class at a private college for girls in Western Australia, studying a topic on vectors. The focus is on learning through problem-solving, where students used graphics calculators as a matter of routine. Constructivist and sociocultural theories were…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries
Stacey, Kaye; Groves, Susie – 1994
The Calculators in Primary Mathematics Project was a long-term investigation into the effects of the introduction of calculators on the learning and teaching of primary mathematics. The Australian project commenced with children who were in kindergarten and grade 1 in 1990, moving up through the schools to grade 4 level by 1993. Children were…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Calculators, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students