Calculators on Tests--One Giant Step for Mathematics Education.

Heid, M. Kathleen

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ERIC Number: EJ380973

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Publication Date: 1988

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Calculators on Tests--One Giant Step for Mathematics Education.

Heid, M. Kathleen

Mathematics Teacher, v81 n9 p710-13 Dec 1988

Why calculators should be used for testing, as well as for instruction, is discussed. The focus of the curriculum would shift from computation to deeper development of concepts and to mathematical modeling. A broader curriculum would result. (MNS)

Descriptors: Calculators, Editorials, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Testing

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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