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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Use of calculators

Overview

  • Influence: Use of calculators
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Math and sciences
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: The use of electronic methods for completing calculations in mathematics.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 6
  • Number of studies: 238
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 1,100
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.25
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Hembree & Dessart USA Effects of hand-held calculators in precollege mathematics education: A meta-analysis 1986 Use of calculators in pre-college students 79 0 524 0.14
Dissertation Smith USA A Meta-Analysis of Student Outcomes Attributable to the Teaching of Science as Inquiry as Compared to Traditional Methodology 1996 Use of calculators 24 0 54 0.25
Dissertation Ellington USA Effects of hand-held calculators on precollege students in mathematics classes: A meta-analysis. 2000 Use of calculators in pre-college students 53 0 305 0.28
Journal of Special Education Technology Fuchs & Fuchs USA The relation between methods of graphing student performance data and achievement: A meta-analysis. 1986 Use of graphing paper 16 0 17 0.46
Dissertation Nikolaou USA Hand-held calculator use and achievement in mathematics: a meta-analysis 2001 Use of calculators on problem solving 24 0 103 0.49
School Science and Mathematics Ellington USA The Effects of Non-CAS Graphing Calculators on Student Achievement and Attitude Levels in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis 2006 Use of Non-CAS Graphing calculators 42 0 97 0.19
TOTAL/AVERAGE 238 0 1,100 0.30
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