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ERIC Number: EJ182209
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Are Calculators a Crutch?
Usiskin, Zalman
Mathematics Teacher, 71, 5, 412-3, May 78
A case is made against the major argument which implies that the use of a calculator for arithmetic problems that can be done by hand will prevent a student from being able to do arithmetic when the calculator is absent. (MN)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Calculators, Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Learning, Learning Theories, Mathematics Education
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