Effects of Calculators on Mathematics Achievement and Attitudes of Ninth-Grade Students

Sean Close, Elizabeth Oldham, Gerry Shiel, Therese Dooley and Michael O’Leary

The Journal of Educational Research, 2012, vol. 105, issue 6, 377-390

Abstract: Three calculator tests were administered to a national sample of 1,469 Irish students in Grade 9—the last cohort to study mathematics without calculators (Phase 1). Three years later, the same tests were administered to a similar sample with calculators (Phase 2). Scores on a test of calculator-inappropriate items showed no significant change over the 3 years. For a test of calculator optional items, students were divided randomly into 2 groups, 1 with calculator access and the other without. In both phases, the students with calculators achieved significantly better than the students without calculators. Achievement on a test of calculator appropriate items showed significant improvement over the 3 years. Students’ attitudes toward calculators also improved over the time.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2011.629857

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