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HP should offer a free hardware upgrade
10-25-2014, 03:35 PM
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RE: HP should offer a free hardware upgrade
I agree: the measurement of learning should not depend on the device used for calculation on a test. Unfortunately, the timed-test has become the norm, and in that environment, the device matters. (particularly if the test is oriented to the correct answer rather than the reasoning behind it)

It is as if the "educational" establishment in the USA is obsessed with conforming to standardized testing protocols. As a result, the use of developing technologies, calculators like Prime being one of them, are regulated or excluded, perhaps out of a misplaced desire for fairness in an increasingly competitive educational system. As a result we find the USA falling behind in the real-world competition that is driven by actual accomplishment rather than scores on tests.

In the testing environment, it would be possible to identify the capabilities of the Prime calculator and to wipe the memory or exclude functionalities. If the calculator were non-responsive, it would be excluded. My assumption is that Ver A would not be able to work with the WK and hence would be excluded, but that may be a fantasy that relies on the use of standardized calculators furnished by the school.

The deeper question is what value does a society place on "thinking outside the box" and how should divergent thinking be managed in the schoolroom.
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