In article <znuOj.1671$pH1.338@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jim Langston <tazmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Dom wrote:
>> Recently I received a letter announcing a one-day "exciting workshop
>> on the new handheld, the TI-Nspire." The letter concludes with:
>> "You'll be amazed at what this handheld can do for you and your
>> students."
>> For almost two decades I have been truly amazed by what students could
>> not do with their graphing calculators. Most of my current students,
>> the majority of whom have been shamelessly pseudo-educated, possess
>> one of the following models, which they were required to buy in high
>> school:
>> TI83 Plus
>> TI83 Plus Silver Edition
>> TI84 Plus
>> TI84 Plus Silver Edition
>> As I correct their quizzes and examinations, I keep asking myself:
>> "What on Earth were they doing in high school with these calculators?"
>Not learn math.
>> I can't wait to see the amazing things that future students will be
>> able to do with the lastest s**** oil.
>Not know how to multiply 7 * 3
A computer does not teach mathematics, although a
computer program might. Memorizing 7*3 does not
teach mathematics, either.
If a person knows what the computer readout means,
and how to use the computer meaningfully, this is
far more im****tant that memorization.
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are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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