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Ray Hembree, Donald J. Dessart, Effects of Hand-Held Calculators in Precollege Mathematics Education: A Meta-Analysis, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Mar., 1986), pp. 83-99
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