In the day of the technology age, students seek to find the easiest way out of solving a math problem. There are so many sides against the argument of calculator use, whether it be used for everything, or not used at all. Yet, the point is how we use them and the purpose of allowing our students to use this technology. Allowing students to use the calculator as the sole way of solving problems set them up for failure. Teachers have to find a balance of how to teach their students to problem solve as well as use tools to help them work through the problem.
In my classroom, I want to give my students all the resources that I can to help enhance their learning and see math as a useful subject. Giving my students a calculator and teaching them how to use it is only beneficial if I attach it to the content and problem solving skills. I have to teach my students the way that a calculator is a tool, rather than the method. There is a balance between everything that we teach with technology in the way that we do not lean to one side or the other in being dependent on one method over another.
What do you think about calculators?
Article found at: Rethinking How we Use Calculators
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