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The calculators you are forced to use were invented decades ago. The students possess a calculator that is billions of times more powerful in their pockets but
by alanwatts 11y ago
The calculators you are forced to use were invented decades ago. The students possess a calculator that is billions of times more powerful in their pockets but are not allowed to use them. That is Luddism.
Edit: correction: the TI-82 has a 6MHz processor where as an iPhone has a 1.4 GHz processor
- ikeboy 11y agoWhat exactly do you want them to use a stronger calculator for? Also, you're wrong about the billions of times faster. Look up the numbers.
- laotzu 11y agoWhy should students be forced to use such outdated technology? If we are trying to teach students how to work in the real world, shouldn't we let them use computers that they would be using in the real world as opposed to obsolete computers that were made before they were born?
- ikeboy 11y agoThe reason they only allow calculators is to avoid cheating. The kinds of problems given don't depend on complicated calculations. >If we are trying to teach students how to work in the real world The SAT is not about assessing knowledge. It's supposed to be an aptitude test.
- alanwatts 11y ago>The reason they only allow calculators is to avoid cheating. Ah this appears to be the root of the problem I was looking for, the game rules. The question begs: what would we rather have our children have aptitude in, closed and isolated paper-and-pencil exams using obsolete technology, or open and collaborative problem solving using modern technology?