Rural Students and Graphics Calculators in Examinations
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v11i1.462Abstract
With the introduction of graphics calculators to tertiary entrance examinations in mathematics in Western Australia, the question arose as to whether rural students were placed at a disadvantage when compared with those in the city'. Analysis of examination data revealed that the gap in achievement between rural and city students narrowed initially in two of the three subjects examined but returned to similar comparability in the second year of implementation of graphics calculators. While a gap in examination scores in maths still exists, this could allay fears that rural students may have been subjected to further disadvantages associated with the use of graphics calculators in examinations.
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