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Direct linkBolstad, Rachel – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021
Ten Auckland schools piloted a school carbon calculator between June and November 2021. The pilot aimed to build knowledge about: (1) how schools can use a School Carbon Footprint calculator to understand their school's carbon emissions, build knowledge about climate change mitigation, and take steps to reduce their school's carbon footprint; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecology, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment)
Bennett, Blake; Hurley, Janet; Merchant, Mike – Journal of Extension, 2016
Having the ability to assess pest problems in schools is essential for a successful integrated pest management (IPM) program. However, such expertise can be costly and is not available to all school districts across the United States. The web-based IPM Calculator was developed to address this problem. By answering questions about the condition of…
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, School Buildings, Risk Management
Download full textBridgeman, Brent; Cline, Frederick; Levin, Jutta – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
In order to estimate the likely effects on item difficulty when a calculator becomes available on the quantitative section of the Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®-Q), 168 items (in six 28-item forms) were administered either with or without access to an on-screen four-function calculator. The forms were administered as a special research…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Calculators, Test Items
Peer reviewedSiskind, Theresa G. – Rural Educator, 1995
Forty-eight rural high school students were randomly assigned to groups that solved math problems with paper and pencil or with calculators. Both groups displayed similar attitudes toward math. Results of a word problem test revealed that, after one week, calculator use contributed significantly to mathematical word problem achievement. (LP)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, High School Students, High Schools
Coburn, Terrence – 1987
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has stated that mathematics programs should take full advantage of the power of calculators at all grade levels. This recommendation urges that students be provided access to calculators, and that calculator use be integrated into the core mathematics curriculum on a regular basis. This…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics
Springfield Public Schools, MO. – 1987
This document provides a description of the competitions involved in the Mathematics Olympics held in the Springfield Public Schools (Missouri). It provides descriptions of the team events (which involved a scavenger hunt, computers, and computations) and the individual events (which involved applied geometry, calculators, conversion from ratio to…
Descriptors: Calculators, Competition, Computation, Computer Uses in Education
