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Peer reviewedUsiskin, Zalman; Bell, Max S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1984
Ignored concepts of numbers, notation, and operation with rational numbers are described. It is proposed that these be taught in the time now devoted to paper-and-pencil skills made obsolete by calculators. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWheatley, Charlotte L. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1980
A study of 46 sixth graders designed to compare the problem-solving performance of pupils using calculators with that of students not using calculators is reported. The argument that calculator availability facilitates problem solving is supported. (MP)
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedFielker, David S. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1986
How children perceive doubling and halving numbers is discussed, with many examples. The use of calculators is integrated. The tendency to avoid division if other ways of solving a problem can be found was noted. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Division
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
Meiring, Steven P. – 1980
This second booklet of a two-part publication, designed as an in-service tool for teachers of grades K-9, concerns the teaching and curriculum aspects of problem solving. It is a digest of selected topics integral to successful problem-solving instruction. The resource is organized into independent units for individual reference or group…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Processes, Educational Resources, Elementary Education
Download full textChick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) Improving Decimal Number Conception by Transfer from Fractions to Decimals (Irita Peled and Juhaina Awawdy Shahbari); (2) The Development of Student Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics during…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Metalinguistics
