Date of Award
1991
Type
Thesis
Major
Specialist in Education
Degree Type
Special Degree in Education
Department
Teacher Education
First Advisor
Dr. Mary M. Lindquist
Second Advisor
Dr. Tom Atkins
Third Advisor
Dr. Harold L. Whitman
Abstract
Very little has been written about the use of calculators by children with exceptional needs, although calculators are already being used by most adults who seldom do any but the simplest calculations by hand (Thorpe, 1988). They use calculators for everything from balancing checkbooks to computing sales tax.
Yet there are teachers and many parents who believe, says Wheatley (1984), that using calculators will lessen the opportunity for students to master basics. They believe that calculators should not be used until children become proficient with paper-and-pencil calculations. Some say that students should become facile in the use of calculators. Still others claim that calculators are essential in today's society.
Recommended Citation
Hurley, Celia M., "Calculators in Special Education Mathematics Classes in a Junior High School" (1991). Theses and Dissertations. 660.
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/660
Included in
Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons, Special Education and Teaching Commons
