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Computational media: the universal acid of mathematics teaching (3)
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: December 23, 2009
Calculators and computers as shortcuts I recently sent out the following tweet: republicofmath Should we continue to focus on basics of pencil and paper calculation, especially in early years? http://bit.ly/5iqPYL #math #technology and got the following replies: stephenwuebker @republicofmath yes! One needs to know how and why calculations work before taking shortcuts w/ computers and […]
Computational media: the universal acid of mathematics teaching (2)
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: December 21, 2009
Coping in a time of rapid change At the end of this post I will tell you why I have stopped wearing my watch. It’s a lovely watch, given to me a year ago, on my birthday, by my wife. But I have recently stopped wearing it. Several people have contributed comments to  “Computational media: […]
