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Peer reviewedSzetela, Walter; Super, Doug – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1987
For an entire school year, 24 seventh-grade classes were taught problem-solving strategies; in 14 of these classes the instruction was supplemented by calculators. Mixed findings resulted for both problem solving and calculator use. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Educational Research, Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction
Download full textHawver, Deborah A. – 1990
This practicum addresses the need to organize a structured problem solving program for fifth and seventh grade students. The improvement of the students' problem solving skills and the enhancement of students' attitudes toward problem solving in mathematics were the main goals. The program implemented consisted of a structured problem solving…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Development, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Mathematics
