Book Description
The purpose of this study was to determine what impact the use of calculators has on children's construction of mathematical knowledge in the researcher's second grade classroom. Calculators were purchased in volume by this school system. Most teachers have not been trained to use the calculators in their classrooms. Therefore, students were only allowed to use them in checking computation. Some teachers did not allow their students to use them at all. With so much controversial information about using calculators with young children, this study was created to determine if the calculator was a learning tool or a handicap that hindered the acquisition of mathematical knowledge. The specific question guiding this research was "What impact did using calculators have on students' problem solving?".