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ERIC Number: ED500880
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2003-Jul
Pages: 6
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Equity Mathematics Learning and Computers: Who Gets a Fair Deal in Australian Secondary Schools
Forgasz, Helen J.
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference Held Jointly with the 25th PME-NA Conference (Honolulu, HI, Jul 13-18, 2003), v1 p139-144
Findings from a survey administered to large numbers of grade 7-10 students are presented in this paper. The focus is on the students' attitudes towards the use of computers for the learning of mathematics. Background information was also gathered which allowed the students' responses to be analysed by a range of equity factors--gender, ethnicity, socio-economic background--and by several other school-related factors. The results indicate that gender was the only equity variable on which significant differences were found. Grade level and type of computer used in class were the other variables for which significant differences were noted. (Contains 1 footnote and 3 tables.) [For complete proceedings, see ED500857.]
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Grade 10; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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