One of the foundational principles of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) system is accessibility for students -- multi-tiered resources and strategies that ensure equitable and valid access for students to instructional and assessment content. This Guide includes 54 accessibility strategies that can be used by teachers,…

The purpose of these modules is to provide an introduction to the world of probability and statistics to accelerated mathematics students at the high school level. The modules also introduce students to real world math concepts and problems that property and casualty actuaries come across in their work. They are designed to be used by teachers and…

This document presents keystrokes for the Texas Instrument (TI-83) graphing calculator. After presenting some basic TI-83 keystrokes, activities for student practice are listed. This is followed by keystrokes for TI-83 advanced functions such as evaluating function values, finding the zero of a function, finding the intersection of two graphs,…

Ways elementary school teachers might use calculators to help students are noted. A total of nine activities, listed under place value, computation, and estimation, are provided to assist the classroom instructor in effectively employing calculators. (MP)

This Information Bulletin reviews nine books or kits providing useful activities for using calculators in grades 2-9, plus several articles providing constructive suggestions. The materials were selected on the basis of five criteria: ease of integration within the present curriculum, power to sustain interest, degree of attention to essential…

A unit on the division of decimals by decimals that used electronic calculators as a teaching aid is described. The learning package created, the operation of the project, and several outcomes are presented. The results strongly indicated that mathematics can be taught using a calculator. (MP)

Exercises designed to aid students to practice or apply particular mathematical concepts and/or relationships using calculators are promoted, with four specific reasons for allowing this kind of activity. Specific cases dealing with number relationships and estimation are covered as examples. (MP)

Ten factors that can lead to a lack of use or misuse of hand-held calculators in elementary school mathematics are reviewed. (MP)

The focus of this document is on descriptions of calculators, microcomputers, and related educational technology and materials. Calculators are viewed as innovative teaching tools that can have both practical and pedagogical functions in the classroom to enhance understanding and achievement in mathematics. Microcomputers are seen as glorified…

Presented is the third and fourth state-of-the-art reviews on the use of calculators in education, prepared in August 1980 and August 1981. Each presents information concerning the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) "An Agenda for Action: Recommendations for School Mathematics in the 1980's" position on calculator and…

Programmable calculators are useful tools in the classroom that are often overlooked. This report gives examples of problems and activities that can be brought within the scope of such calculators. (MP)

Describes a study designing and implementing technology-based investigations and evaluates their impact on student learning. Discusses a teacher's mediation of the students' use of technology through curriculum materials, and considers some attributes of computers and graphics calculators that determined which tool was selected for each…

Calculators that have the constant arithmetic feature are promoted, and examples of ways this feature can be used in lessons are presented. (MP)

Presented is a third supplement to previous lists of references. This document is a compilation collected by the Calculator Information Center between March 1982 and March 1983. Included are references which previously appeared on bulletins distributed by the center, plus articles in newsletters and similar less readily available sources and from…

This document consists of two major parts. The first, titled Initial Comments, discusses the motivation for creating this material, provides a list of minimal characteristics in calculators for various educational levels, notes a number of basic assumptions on calculator use, and discusses curriculum concerns regarding effects of calculators. The…