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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmec.2019.22.1.83

A Comparative Study on the Relation between Using Calculators in Math Lessons and Mathematics Achievement of Elementary School Students  

Choi, Ji Sun (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
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Education of Primary School Mathematics / v.22, no.1, 2019 , pp. 83-94 More about this Journal
Abstract
Current mathematics curriculum of South Korea suggests that students learn mathematics in school with calculators except that the aim of the math lessons is to achieve calculation skills, but we can't be sure that elementary school students use calculators in math lessons of school. Actually we don't have enough data to identify how many elementary school students use calculators in math lessons. The aims of this study are to compare the ratio of elementary school students using calculators in math lessons of school between 20 countries and to analyse the relation between using calculators in math lessons and the achievements of math through $4^{th}$ grade mathematics test of TIMSS 2015. The results of this study are two. One is that generally $4^{th}$ grade students did not use calculators in math lessons. The other result is that generally there is no relation between using calculators in math lessons and the achievements of the math test through $4^{th}$ grade mathematics test of TIMSS 2015. Only in Hong Kong SAR, students without using calculators have higher achievements than students using calculators. In England and USA, students using calculators have higher achievements than students without using calculators. Finally, researcher in this study suggests some implications on using calculator in elementary schools.
Keywords
Elementary Mathematics; Calculators; Comparative Study; Mathematics Education; TIMSS 2015;
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