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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Eaton Rapids, Michigan
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Calculators and computers are an addition to human thought, not a replacement.
If you can't do 10 times 15 without a calculator, you probably shouldnt use one unless you have some form of mental/physical illness that requires you to use one.
Students in math may need to be able to plot a sine curve or cosine curve without a calculator first. It might take them an hour to do one good graph. Once they know the basics of plotting those graphs they can graduate to using a calculator so they can compare 20 or 30 graphs in the same one hour time period. The calculator adds to their thought process, it does not need to replace it.
There are times students should use a calculator and their are times they should not. Knowing when, is the job of a good teacher.
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