[Phys-L] Re: Calculators a Distraction?

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

Chuck

Are you serious???

Or is this a "senior moment" in your life??

Herb


On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 07:16:48 -0500 Chuck Britton
<cvbritton@EARTHLINK.NET> writes:
> Showing the intermediate steps (algebra  first - numbers later) is a
> legitimate requirement.
> Requiring students to 'Show your Work' doesn't go against their
> future work-style.
>
> If all of the work was done on the calculator - require them to
> staple the calculator to the test paper.
>
> If all of their work was done 'in their head' - require them to
> staple their HEAD to the test paper.
>
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> At 10:54 PM -0500 2/5/05, Hugh Haskell wrote:
> > You actually get the students to only write down the reasonable
> > answers? If you've gotten them to do that, you've made tremendous
> > progress. :-)


Herb Gottlieb from New York City
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