Thanks to the benefit of a calculator, this device enables to feel a sense of
achievement and get interested in mathematics, but a few studies have ever
attempted to investigate the effect of mathematics learning using calculators on
low-achieving elementary school students.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of mathematics learning
using calculators on problem-solving ability and attitude towards for
low-achieving students in mathematics. The subjects in this study were 20
mathematics underachievers who were in their fifth grade in elementary school.
The experimental group engaged in mathematics learning by making use of
calculators. The intervention was provided in 14 sessions. The finding of the
study were as follows: First, mathematics learning using calculators had a
positive impact on the improvement of the problem-solving abilities of the
mathematics underachievers. Specifically, the experimental group made a more
significant progress in rules and problem solving. Second, the learning of
mathematics with a calculator on the subject has had a positive impact on the
attitude toward learning mathematics learning of mathematics underachievers
improve self-concept, attitudes about subject, learning habits of the sub-areas in
the subject for all significant differences were found.