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This feels like the calculator debate all over again. Yes, using a calculator leads to worse outcomes in your learning. But also, yes, everyone always carries
by OroPla 2mo ago
This feels like the calculator debate all over again.
Yes, using a calculator leads to worse outcomes in your learning.
But also, yes, everyone always carries a calculator on their person 24/7 these days and you'll never be as fast and as accurate as a calculator.
I think it would have been kinda cool if you could have unlocked the privilege of using a calculator in school through good grades in math class. Prove you can do what the tool can, then you get to use it. Would have also provided at least one incentive for students to get good grades in at least one class.
- graemep 2mo ago> Yes, using a calculator leads to worse outcomes in your learning. Does it? https://www.jstor.org/stable/749255 https://www.jstor.org/stable/749255
- OroPla 2mo agoOffloading problems makes it so you do not have to solve them. If you don't have to solve a problem, your brain does not have that work to do. Your brain working less means it has less opportunities to train. The consequence is worse cognitive abilities which is tied to worse learning outcomes. - From your link: > Sustained calculator use in Grade 4 appears to hinder the development of basic skills in average students. It noted the following positive outcome: > apparently improves the average student's basic skills with paper and pencil, both in working exercises and in problem solving But this only measured the outcome for solving math. Yes, offloading problems will make it easier to solve problems, at the cost of not training your brain, which leads to worse learning outcomes across all subjects.
- zadikian 2mo agoYou do sometimes get to unlock it by being allowed to use calculators in more advanced classes