Kick calculators out of class
Article Abstract:
Calculators should be banned from elementary schools because they grossly undermine the entire mathematics curriculum. Children do not have the opportunity to learn basic arithmetic, dependent as they are on calculators that automatically give answers.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1998
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Why our kids can't do math
Article Abstract:
The adoption of a standard that promotes a conceptual understanding of mathematics, allegedly decreases mathematical ability of US students. The standard fails to recognize that problems and practices develop mathematical skills.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
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Goodbye SATs?
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The American education test, the SAT, is discussed with emphasis on its history and development. The test has measured educational performance for seventy-five years, but in 2001 some colleges are ignoring its results.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2001
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