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Publication Date: 2008
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Teaching with a Symbolic Calculator in 10th Grade--Evaluation of a One Year Project
Weigand, Hans-Georg
International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, v15 n1 p19-32 2008
A one year project was started in the school year 2003/04 to test the use of symbolic calculators (SC)--the TIVoyage 200--in six 10th grade classes of three grammar schools in Bavaria (Germany). The project was repeated in school year 2004/05. The evaluation of the project was intended to give answers to the following questions: how basic mathematical skills (algebraic transformations, solving equations, working with tables and formulas) changed; how the questions posed in examinations changed if the students were allowed to use a symbolic calculator (with CAS); how the students evaluated the use of the new tool; and how teaching styles and methods changed in the mathematics lessons. This article presents the results of this project. (Contains 18 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Program Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Technology Integration, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Tests, Secondary School Mathematics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 10; Secondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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