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Article #492Re: CALCULATORS
From: Iain Macpherson
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 15:53
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 15:53
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BB>I don't let my students my students at the grade 7 and grade 9
BB>levels of math use calculators that often. When calculators
BB>eliminate needless tedious work then that is fine. I would
BB>rather a student become familiar with various numerical
BB>relationships - and the 'pencil and paper' approach seems to
BB>work very well.
BB>In the 'REAL' world many people do use their own brain to do
BB>calculations instead of pulling out the pocket calculator.
BB>I have nothing against using calculators...and it is up to the
BB>teacher to make it clear to the student when a calculator is a
BB>necessity and when a calculator is a crutch!
Hear! Hear!
I'm glad there's a few of us left in the world. I find I'm in agreement with each of your remarks in this context.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uvaarpa!srvr1.engin.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ssd.intel.com!psgrain!puddle!f405.n622.z3.fidonet.org!Iain.Macpherson From: Iain.Macpherson@f405.n622.z3.fidonet.org (Iain Macpherson) Sender: ufgate@puddle.fidonet.org (newsout1.26) Newsgroups: k12.ed.math Subject: Re: CALCULATORS Message-ID: <40253.2B5ECA2E@puddle.fidonet.org> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 93 08:53:16 PDT Organization: FidoNet node 3:622/405 Lines: 21