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Non of that paper stuff! Stone tablets only.

• rkagerer 2y ago
  Would abaci be too high tech?
  • caseyy 2y ago
    "You won't always have an abacus in your pocket."
  • bawolff 2y ago
    Abaci would actually probably be good for making mental math come naturally. As a general rule, i am on team - if you need a calculator in math class then you aren't learning math.
    • thfuran 2y ago
      Because if you're studying real math, a calculator wouldn't help?
      • cyberax 2y ago
        Pretty much. You either do every calculation symbolically, or you need a full-blown computer for numeric methods.
      • bawolff 2y ago
        Either that, or you are trying to teach people arithmatic, in which case having them do it by hand is a benefit.
  • SoftTalker 2y ago
    We learned to use them in elementary school (1970s)! It was what I think they now call a "manipulative" as way to teach place value, addition, and multiplication.
  • cyberax 2y ago
    An interesting question, actually. It feels like they can be a good teaching tool, compared to calculators.
• cyberax 2y ago
  No. Paper and handwriting is great.
  • doug_durham 2y ago
    For a subset of the population who are manually adept. Excluding modalities from school isn't productive.
    • cyberax 2y ago
      You become manually adept by practicing. And of course, people who physically can't write need to have specialized curriculae. Just like we have them for deaf or dyslexic kids.