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i don't agree with you. in school we learned two ways. there were pencil-tests and calculator-tests. the calculator tests were considerably harder, and if yo
by beachstartup 13y ago
i don't agree with you.
in school we learned two ways. there were pencil-tests and calculator-tests. the calculator tests were considerably harder, and if you forgot your calculator that day - and it happened - you were out of luck. MAYBE the teacher had one you could borrow.
learning how to use a graphing calculator is important. it teaches kids how to use a highly technical tool to solve difficult problems in a fraction of the time it would take by hand.
- andrewflnr 13y agoThen point them at a real CAS on a regular computer. As long as we're trying to teach them real-life math skills (we're talking about STEM people here, right?), a CAS is closer to what they'll need.