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Technology Use in the Teaching of Mathematics and Science in Elementary Schools
Author(s) -
Lehman Jeffrey R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1994.tb15654.x
Subject(s) - calculator , mathematics education , microcomputer , science education , primary education , computer science , mathematics , telecommunications , chip , operating system
Principals from 80 elementary schools, in predominantly rural Western Pennsylvania, completed and returned a 22‐item questionnaire designed to assess the nature and extent of technology use for the teaching of elementary mathematics and science within their buildings. Technologies included calculators, microcomputers, overhead projection panels, videotape, and interactive video. Microcomputers were being used in at least some elementary grade levels for mathematics or science instruction in 84% of the schools. Teachers used microcomputers more frequently in mathematics (82.5%) than in science instruction (55%). Principals reported a lower frequency of calculator use with 63.3% of the schools having some grade levels where calculators were used in mathematics lessons, and 21.5% of schools in science lessons. Further analyses of data suggest that microcomputer and calculator use is more common in the intermediate grades (3–6) than in the primary grades (K‐2).