From grade 6 to grade 8 I attended EJ James Public School in Oakville. In grade 6 I did a lot of mental math worksheets to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. I remember a lot of students would complain that it was too much pressure. I never liked mental math, but I did have a good memory so it was an advantage I had.
Another positive experience I had in middle school was the use of the calculator. All my math teachers encouraged the use of calculators. In grade 7 we got our dividing and multiplying decimal test back and our teacher allowed us to use calculator to mark it. As Small (2013) states “similarly, although it is true that students are sometimes allowed to use their calculators when they are not really needed,
Another positive experience I had in middle school was the use of the calculator. All my math teachers encouraged the use of calculators. In grade 7 we got our dividing and multiplying decimal test back and our teacher allowed us to use calculator to mark it. As Small (2013) states “similarly, although it is true that students are sometimes allowed to use their calculators when they are not really needed,