Calculators in Special Education Mathematics Classes in a Junior High School
Very little has been written about the use of calculators by children with exceptional needs, although calculators are already being used by most adults who seldom do any but the simplest calculations by hand (Thorpe, 1988). They use calculators for everything from balancing checkbooks to computing sales tax. Yet there are teachers and many parents who believe, says Wheatley (1984), that using calculators will lessen the opportunity for students to master basics. They believe that calculators should not be used until children become proficient with paper-and-pencil calculations. Some say that students should become facile in the use of calculators. Still others claim that calculators are essential in today's society.
Calculators, Exceptional Needs, Special Education, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Special Needs, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching, Science and Mathematics Education, Special Education and Teaching
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