Paper Info
Title
Analysing the "Calculator Effect" of Different Kinds of Software for School Arithmetic and Algebra.
Abstract
The paper investigates the possibility of getting the answer and solution of arithmetic and algebra tasks from outside pieces of software when the intended solution environment is paper and pencil or some teacher-controlled software system. We consider spreadsheets, lightweight drill environments, programs with step by step dialog and “algebra calculators”. For spreadsheets the paper describes several cases of mathematically incorrect calculations. For drill environments we ascertain that they do not create a major risk of cheating. However, “algebra calculators” provide answers and solution steps for most of the common elementary algebra task types (usually for a licence fee). The conclusion is that addition of detailed solutions to computer algebra systems does not change the situation with homework cheating substantially.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1007/s11786-019-00442-3
Mathematics in Computer Science
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Calculator effect, Spreadsheets, Drill environments, Algebra calculators, 97H20, 97H30, 97N80
Journal
14
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1661-8270
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rein Prank100.68