Re: TI-92
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Re: TI-92
Ditto! People learn by doing as well as by seeing.
Mark P. Wilson
> Ben Sultenfuss wrote:
> >
> > WOW!!!!
> >
> > Just think of the possibilities.
> >
> > What new mathematical ideas will students discover.
> > Ideas that they could never discover using paper and pencil.
> >
> > How much deeper will be their understanding of
> > mathematical concepts when those concepts are
> > not buried by pages intermediate algebraic results.
> >
> > How much more mathematics can be done in a given
> > period of time.
> >
> > Centuries of paper and pencil algorithms can be discarded
> > in favor of more modern techniques that can be efficiently
> > implemented in technology.
> >
> > Every student has his own personal electronic blackboard
> > on which he can experiment, test his own new ideas,
> > discover........
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> What about the fact that kids should probably learn strong
> algebra
> skills without the help of such a powerful piece of equipment.
> Algebra
> is a piece of the problem solving teaching that should not be missed
> out
> on. If the kids have these calcs too early, they'll never fully
> comprehend the basis of problem solving techniques.
>
> --
> Jerome Hanson
> jhanson@csci.csusb.edu
> Blackster@juno.com
> http://web.csusb.edu/public/csci/jhanson
>