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Calculators in Class Stir Debate Over Math Education
In Santa Ana Hoover Elementary fourth graders use menus and pocket calculators to total meals of 25 dollars, estimating change with no paper. Advocates argue calculators boost understanding and speed, while skeptics warn of dependence and eroding number sense in early grades.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Dee Parsons
Hoover Elementary School
Sally Milton
Parsons
Marilyn Suydam
Ohio State University
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Science Foundation
David Pagni
California State University
Fullerton
Calculator Information Center
Pagni
John Saxon
Grassdale Publishers Inc
Norman
Oklo
Saxon
Credi
Trinh Li
Tuli Pindea
Cali