Calculator Explorations with Seventh Grade Students: Some Calculator-Inspired Instructional Materials, Observations, and Investigations. Technical Report No. 497.

Weaver, J. Fred; And Others

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ERIC Number: ED177019

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1979-Jul

Pages: 248

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Calculator Explorations with Seventh Grade Students: Some Calculator-Inspired Instructional Materials, Observations, and Investigations. Technical Report No. 497.

Weaver, J. Fred; And Others

This report brings together in a single source observations and materials of instructional importance in calculator explorations with seventh-grade students from 1976 through 1978. Students used algebraic-logic calculators with no operational hierarchies. At the end of the school year, students were introduced to reverse Polish notation-based calculators. Student performance with number sentences and with calculator notation and tasks is described. Illustrative materials are included. (Author/MK)

Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Experimental Curriculum, Grade 7, Instructional Materials, Junior High School Students, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Research, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Worksheets

Publication Type: Reports - Research

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Language: English

Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.

Authoring Institution: Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling.

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Note: Report from the Project on Studies in Mathematics; Best copy available