Putt, Ian, and McLean, Mal (2002) The role of professional development in using calculators in a sample of Queensland primary schools. In: Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (2) pp. 600-607. From: Mathematics Education in the South Pacific, 7-10 July 2002, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Abstract

A survey ascertained teachers' knowledge about and use of hand-held calculators in primary mathematics classes. This paper focuses on 341 teachers' experiences of Professional Development(PD) on the use of calculators in teaching mathematics. Only nine had experienced such a workshop in the past two years while 10% had during their career. Approximately 40% regarded themselves as poorly prepared for calculator use in their teaching. A face-to-face hands-on PD session conducted by an 'expert' was the teachers' choice to develop their calculator pedagogy.

Item ID:	14655
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISBN:	978-0-86869-048-3
Keywords:	calculators; primary schools
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2018 23:28
FoR Codes:	13 EDUCATION > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified @ 80% 13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy @ 20%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939999 Education and Training not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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