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Deciding What to Trust: Conflict Resolution When Checking with a Graphing Calculator
McCulloch, Allison W.; Kenney, Rachael H.; Keene, Karen Allen
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (33rd, Reno, NV, Oct 20-23, 2011)
This paper reports on a mixed methods study of 111 AP calculus students' self-reports of their graphing calculator use, comfort, and rationale when choosing between mathematical solutions produced with and without a graphing calculator. [For the complete proceedings, see ED585874.]
Descriptors: Calculus, Graphing Calculators, Advanced Placement, Problem Solving, High School Students, Error Patterns, Error Correction, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
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Education Level: High Schools
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