Teaching and Learning with Graphing Calculators

Impact on Student Subgroups


Conclusion: African-Americans, Latinos and low SES students appear to benefit as well as other students from calculator access and emphasis on reasoning. University of Iowa A correlational analysis of the 2000 NAEP grade 8 math test data found a positive relationship to achievement, across student subgroups, for:
•	Calculator access
•	A de-emphasis of facts and skills, and a greater emphasis on reasoning
Reference: (Lubienski, Camburn et al. 2004)

Conclusion: Middle school Students with disabilities showed increased achievement when they used a graphing calculator. Purdue University In a quasi-experiment comparing the achievement gains of 89 special education and general education students in 6th grade in two rural Michigan schools, special education students benefited as much from graphing calculator use as general education students did, though the special education students still performed less well.
Reference: (Bouck 2007)

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