Now available on iTunes: HP Prime Graphing Calculator iOS app
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02-22-2016, 04:18 PM
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RE: Now available on iTunes: HP Prime Graphing Calculator iOS app
(02-22-2016 09:57 AM)m@x Wrote:(02-11-2016 06:18 PM)dbbotkin Wrote: ... Cheating is unfair to all, so no one would advocate the use of "stored information" or "outside-assistance." That pretty much rules out a phone app or anything with wireless capabilities. "Standardized tests" might justifiably require a common base of technology. The issue here is not new: there was a time in living memory when students were taught (and tested) on the method to extract a square root. The slide-rule was the excluded 'high-tech' item. Prior to that, tables of logarithms were the common tool. I don't believe anyone would support testing in engineering subjects with nothing but a simple "4-banger" calculator, nor would tables of constants or even formulae be denied access. Yes, learning "first-principles" should be a feature of education, but as a concept, not a methodology. Isn't the deciding factor the 'real-worldliness' of the problem-solving technique; not the cost of the calculator? True, the clever student with an HP Prime will have mastered its use before being tested and simply giving everyone a Prime will only widen the gap in test scores, but we need more "clever students" don't we? |
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