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In article <35566.2B4B80EB@puddle.fidonet.org>, Gilles.Leblanc@f2.n255.z1.fidonet.org (Gilles Leblanc) writes:
|>  My 
|> question is whether we are harming the students by teaching them to use the 
|> tools before they have understood the concept.  I would appreciate any 
|> response to these comments.

Can you make sure they understand the concepts? You're the teacher!
Give them problems where they have to solve for the percentages or whatever
symbolically.

Sample problem:

The bank has an interest rate that varies from month to month. If I have
x in the bank in the months n, n+1, and n+2 where the interest rates are
a%, b%, and c%, how much money do I have in my account at the end of month
n+2?

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Henry Choy
choy@cs.usask.ca

What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs            This has been brought to 
Rolls over your neighbor's dog?                     you by the numbers 4
What's great for a snack and fits on your back?     and 9 and the letter P.
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