IDEA: SCRIPTS ON HP-PRIME

[Han]

(02-09-2017 05:45 PM)compsystems Wrote:  Then it is important or not the scripts?
The CASIO classPAD has something similar to execute all the history

That is really highly dependent on how students and teachers use the scripts. From an instructor's point of view, it may seem nice -- almost like a live tutor walking a student through a problem. From a student's point of view, it may either a nice tutor (in a sense), or for some, an easy way out of having to actually learn the underlying problem-solving technique. They can merely copy the steps from the script and present it as their own solution without any understanding of what it's doing. How would an instructor, then, know whether their student has truly learned the problem-solving technique being presented through the script vs. simply mimicking what the script does?

In general, each machine will have strengths and weaknesses. But rather than trying to make them all be the same, I would prefer to keep them different and use the appropriate tools for my ever-changing needs. Several unique tools can, in many ways, be better than one generic one.