Michel wrote: > What I now need is a simple, direct, knock-down, and hopefully fatal > argument against the entrenched position that 'graphing calculators are > enough'. That's really the whole source of the opposition I constantly face > in the high school world the AP and SAT are considered sacred and anything > 'else' is too much.
The best arguments I have seen so far as to why math education should be computer based have been made by Conrad Wolfram: http://www.conradwolfram.com/storage/Computer-based%20maths%20education.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsvPE1EqwQ8&feature=channel However, I have had reasonably good success using a simple presentation to convince people that mathematics-oriented computer programming is superior to graphing calculators. Here is a presentation I have been using for around 8 months to explain to administrators and teachers why mathematics-oriented computer programming is superior to graphing calculators in the real world: http://sage.ssu.portsmouth.oh.us/mathpiper/mathpiper_presentation_v.02.pdf So far almost every administrator and teacher this presentation has been shown to seems to just get it. Then, instead of arguing about whether or not a mathematics-oriented class should be taught at the school, the focus of the discussion becomes working through the logistics of offering the class as an experiment. Anyway, my thought is that you may also find this approach useful. Ted -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
