Graphing Calculators in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom

Graphing Calculators and Mathematics Education in Developing Countries

By permitting students to experiment with “new” forms of learning and “seeing” mathematics, graphing calculators affect the learning process and, as a consequence, can put pressure on teachers and curriculum developers concerning the teaching process. In this way, when adequate conditions are given, this new technology can reinforce the change process that is taking place in the teaching and le...

On the Impact of the First Generation of Graphing Calculators on the Mathematics Curriculum at the Secondary Level

Before the second generation of graphing calculators with true symbolic manipulation capabilities start influencing the mathematics classroom, it is important to ponder on the main contributions made by the first generation. In this note we present five of these contributions via a selection of examples that illustrate the impact of numerical and graphical capabilities, multiple representations...

Technology in secondary mathematics education: The role of calculators*

The significance of hand-held technologies for secondary school mathematics education is analysed. In many secondary school mathematics classrooms in many countries, including Thailand, student access to sophisticated ICT facilities is either very limited or non-existent, so that hand-held technologies of scientific calculators and graphics calculators are critical. These are described and exem...

Effectiveness of Graphing Calculators in K–12 Mathematics Achievement: A Systematic Review

Graphing Calculators and Their Potential for Teaching and Learning Statistics

The world today is described as a world based on information (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1989), and reports on the rapid increase of information use figures such as " doubling every four years " or " increasing exponentially. Technology is not only responsible for producing much of this information, it is a critical tool in the way information is analyzed. Processing informati...