A Case Study on the Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions toward the Graphing Calculator Instructional Approach in Learning

Abstract:

This study aimed to examine students’ perceptions on the adoption of the GC instructional approach in learning Probability.  During the study, students were provided GCs and self-designed instructional activities modules for their learning.  At the end of the study, questionnaires were distributed to collect their views on the adoption of the GC instructional approach into Probability classrooms.  It was found that sstudents’ perceptions in the aspects of  the GC usage, quality of the output from the GC, GC helped them to understand probability, increased their confidence in problem solving, helped in their communication, fostered their attitude towards probability learning are favourable. ANOVA also showed that there are no significant differences in the mean scores among students of different levels when the GC instructional approach was adopted. Majority of the students found that leaning probability is more fun and interesting with the GC instructional approach.