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A New Look at the Students’ Attitudes toward Scientific Calculators

Mohd Lazim Abdullah, and Wan Salihin Wong Abdullah, and Abu Osman Md Tap, (2005) A New Look at the Students’ Attitudes toward Scientific Calculators. Malaysian Online Journal of Instructional Technology (MOJIT), 2 (2). pp. 17-26. ISSN 1823-1144

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University College of Science and Technology Malaysia, Terengganu
University College of Science and Technology Malaysia, Terengganu
University College of Science and Technology Malaysia, Terengganu

Abstract

This paper reports the study of the effects of scientific calculator use on students’ attitudes in mathematics classrooms. Responses of 128 students on the adapted Attitude Instrument for Mathematics and Applied Technology (AIM-AT) were analysed to determine the dominant factors of items, the possible correlations between factors and type of agreement about using scientific calculators. A factor analysis identified three dominant factors in describing students’ attitudes toward scientific calculators. Factor 1 and Factor 2 were attitudes about positive of affective results and attitudes about drawbacks of cognitive results respectively. Attitudes about positive of cognitive results were referred as Factor 3. Most of the consensus agreements were seem to focus at the Factor 1. The modest positive correlation was reported on the items of Factor 1 and Factor 3. It seems that the correlation only exist between positive of cognitive results and positive of affective results. Apparently, Factor 1 has become the central point of findings and concludes that students had positive attitudes in using scientific calculators in mathematics classrooms.

Item Type:Journal
Subjects:Q Science
T Technology
L Education
ID Code:1655

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